Accession No

2446

Brief Description

capacitor, Apps, 1900-1910 (c)

Origin

433; Strand; London

Maker

Apps

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass, foil); paper

Dimensions

length 575mm; breadth 300mm; height 135mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1978.

Inscription

‘APPS,
433
STRAND
LONDON’ (on circular disk set into top)
‘1.447 MF’ (on top)
‘C38’ (on top (added))

Description Notes

Rectangular wooden box; two brass terminals; inner wooden box contains interleaved sheets of paper and metal foil.

Condition: good; complete.

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