Accession No

1543

Brief Description

resistor, 2/2 19th C

Origin

Maker

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, copper); plastic (bakelite, ebonite)

Dimensions

length 165mm; breadth 49mm; height 195mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

Description Notes

Circular ebonite top; two parallel copper rod connectors (coated in another metal) passing through top are bent (twice) to vertical, and held in place by bakelite block. Brass bobbin fixed to base of ebonite plate and enclosed in cylindrical brass case; thermometer hole passes through centre of case.

Condition fair (very tarnished); complete.

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