Accession No

5185

Brief Description

dynamometer, by H. Tinsley and Company Ltd., English, mid-20th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

H. Tinsley and Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1925

Latest Date

1960

Inscription Date

Material

wood (at least two types); metal (copper, at least 3 types of white metal); glass; plastic (perspex and at least 3 others

Dimensions

length 483mm; breadth 304mm; height 412mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by Anglia Polytechnic University (now Anglia Ruskin University), East Road, Cambridge, on 20/08/1997.

Inscription

‘DYNAMOMETER
TYPE 3206
H.TINSLEY & Co Ltd
London S.E.25
NO 140,143’ (plaque on front)
‘DYNAMOMETER
TYPE 1136
H.TINSLEY & Co Ltd
London S.E.25
NO 140,143’ (on horizontal wheel)

Description Notes

Dynamometer by H. Tinsley & Co., mid 20th C.

Wooden box with three white metal levelling feet and hinged lid containing moving coil reflecting and pointing dynamometer. Lamp and mirror system fitted at rear of box, reflecting spot onto perspex scale at front, which is visible through glass window in box. Scale divided 8 - 0 - 9 numbered by 1 graduated to 0.1; also marked ‘HIGH’ and ‘LOW’ (later additions ?). Needle visible through window in front of dynamometer. Dynamometer is topped by a horizontal wheel, divided 0 - [500] numbered by 10 graduated to 1. This is moved by a gearing and pulley operated mechanism adjusted from outside by a plastic knob. Two pairs of terminals on base of dynamometer, one marked ‘FIXED’ and the other ‘MOVING’ . Bubble level also on stand. Rear of box has two pairs of terminals, one for the lamp and the other for the dynamometer.

Condition good; complete

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