Accession No

2273

Brief Description

Unipivot moving coil, pointer voltmeter, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1937

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1937

Latest Date

1937

Inscription Date

Material

metal; plastic (ebonite); glass

Dimensions

length 145mm; breadth 106mm; height 73mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Colloid Science, University of Cambridge, 1976.

Inscription

‘UNIPIVOT’
‘MILLIVOLTS
No. L 83283
CAMBRIDGE
INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND (with logo)
PATT. I’ (on dial)

Description Notes

Black metal case; two ebonite covered terminals on ebonite plate on front of case; glazed window on top showing mirror and white dial; linearscale, 0 to 1.2 divisions on either side of centre zero; clamp and zero adjustment controls below dial.

Condition: fine; complete.

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