Accession No

4071

Brief Description

contact clock, 1/10 second, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1962

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1962

Latest Date

1962

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron, white metal); plastic (bakelite)

Dimensions

breadth 177mm; depth 170mm; height 180mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Cambridge
Instrument Co. Ltd.
England.
C702845
1/10 SECOND
CONTACT CLOCK’ (front)

Description Notes

Black-painted metal casing for contact clock, set on black-painted iron base. Front carries white metal winding key and stop/start switch. Back carries four bakelite terminals, one pair marked ‘contact’, the other pair marked ‘battery’.
‘designed to provide accurate, time-datum lines on celluloid records. A clockwork mechanism is arranged to make and break an electrical circuit at regular intervals of 0.1 second, casuing a definite “kick” of the time marking stylus.’ [sales leaflet]

Condition fair; complete.

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