Accession No

4240

Brief Description

Unipivot galvanometer, moving coil, pointer galvanometer, by Robert W. Paul, English, 1912 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Paul, Robert W.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1912

Latest Date

1912

Inscription Date

Material

plastic (ebonite); glass

Dimensions

length 177mm; breadth 169mm; height 65mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘UNIPIVOT GALVANOMETER
No. KO. 1179. ROBT. W. PAUL.
LONDON.
PATENTED’ (on dial)

Description Notes

Ebonite top; three brass terminals; glazed window showing mirror and white dial; linear scale, 60 divisions on either side of central zero; clamp and zero adjustment controls below dial.

Condition: poor (pivot broken, glass loose); incomplete (wooden (?) case missing).

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