Accession No

4062

Brief Description

statistical accelerometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1946

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

mechanics (?)

Earliest Date

1946

Latest Date

1946

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal; rubber; glass; plastic (ivorine)

Dimensions

breadth 141mm; depth 174mm; height 226mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE
STATISTICAL
ACCELEROMETER’ (dial)
‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
LONDON & CAMBRIDGE
No C435247
U.K. PAT. No 381341’ (dial)
‘CAMBRIDGE
INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
LONDON & CAMBRIDGE’ (ivorine plate by handle)

Description Notes

Wooden case with metal carrying handle and two sets of rubber feet. Movement ad dial is below a hinged portion of the case with circular glazed window and lock (key missing). On remaining portion of case is on/off switch set into body of case. Accelerometer mounted on a wooden base with electric motor beneath the circular dial indicator, which has two pointers and is calibrated 0 - 90 with graduations. Vertical metallic disc counter calibrated 0 - 10, 20 round the edge. Below the accelerometer the rest of the case is empty and access is gained by a hinged door which spans the full length of the instrument. Two cotton covered wires with contacts emerge into this empty part of the case, one from the accelerometer and one from the switch. An insulated wire runs from the switch to the accelerometer.

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