Accession No

4129

Brief Description

Einthoven string galvanometer, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1913

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1913

Latest Date

1913

Inscription Date

Material

metal (cast iron, brass, copper, steel, at least 1 other); plastic (ebonite, 1 other); glass; cloth; hide (leather)

Dimensions

length 390mm; breadth 320mm; height 300mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘The Cambridge
Scientific Instrument CO. LTD.
Cambridge. ENGLAND.’ (front)
‘The Cambridge Scientific Instrument CO. LTD. Cambridge. ENGLAND. NO 18216’ (along length of fibre case)

Description Notes

2 large leather-covered coils mounted around base of a U-shaped iron block, which acts as the core of the electromagnet, and is supported on three levelling feet. Set vertically between the poles (open ends of the U) of the magnet is the fibre case containing the fibre. The fibre can be viewed through a small glazed hole by means of a microscope set into one side of the electromagnet, the other side carrying a tube through which the fibre can be illuminated, by means of a 12V lantern (not present). Two pairs of brass terminals are connected to coils, and allows coils to be connected either in series or in parallel. Terminals on fibre case for connecting fibre to ECG electrodes.

Condition fair; complete.

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