Accession No

4622

Brief Description

Weston Standard Electrochemical Cell, in perspex display case, by Muirhead, English, 1953 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Muirhead

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1953

Latest Date

1953

Inscription Date

10-11-1953

Material

plastic (perspex); metal (platinium, stainless steel, mercury, cadmium); wood (cork); glass; liquids

Dimensions

height 110mm; width 110mm; depth of base 95mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated on 25/07/1997.

Inscription

“WESTON STANDARD
CELL”
“1.01859 VOLTS”
(front)

Description Notes

Weston Standard Electrochemical Cell, in perspex display case, by Muirhead, c.1953.

Electrical apparatus. Perspex case containing a standard cell of two glass phials filled with liquid (cadmium sulphate / mercury), joined together by a horizontal cylindrical tube of glass at just below their mid point. The glass phials are mounted in a cork used in wine/beer making which are themselves glued to the perspex base. From each of the glass phials is a coiled platinium wire which runs to the standard black/negative, red/postive terminals. On the positive glass phial is a label in paper with “MUIRHEAD” “Weston Standard Cell” “E.M.F. 1.01859 V. Abs.” “SER. No. 4304” “DATE 10.11.53” “+”. The positive electrode of the cell is mercury and the negative electrode is cadmium amalgam (Griffin and Tatlock).

Condition good

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