Accession No

4115

Brief Description

Einthoven galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1928

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1928

Latest Date

1928

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

breadth 384mm; depth 235mm; height 205mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company. Originally owned by Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe.

Inscription

‘Cambridge
Instrument Co. Ltd.
England.’

Description Notes

2 large leather-covered coils mounted around a U-shaped iron block, which acts as the core of the electromagnet, and is supported on three levelling feet. Fibre case would be set et vertically between the poles of the magnet. Microscope is also missing. Two pairs of brass terminals are connected to coils, and allows coils to be connected either in series or in parallel.
Attached repair label, giving owner as Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe; came in for repair 3-6-1953.

Condition poor; incomplete.

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