Accession No

3246

Brief Description

Resistance box, by W. G. Pye and Co., English, c. 1955

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

W. G. Pye and Co. Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1955

Latest Date

1965

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal; plastic (ebonite)

Dimensions

length 164mm; breadth 160mm; height 107mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1985. Cambridge University Observatories

Inscription

‘MANGANIN .02%
No. 35272
MADE IN ENGLAND
W.G. PYE & CO. LTD. CAMBRIDGE (with logo)’ (on top)

Description Notes

Resistance box, by W. G. Pye & Co., English, c. 1955.

Rectangular wooden box with metal ventilation grills on four sides; ebonite top; four ebonite covered terminals; central eleven-position rotary switch with ebonite knob; positions marked ‘DIRECT’, nine ratios from 2:1 to 200:1, and ‘OFF’; eleven coils wound on wooden bobbins fastened to underside of top plate.

Condition: good; complete.

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