Accession No

4059

Brief Description

set of optical parts, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1957

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

miscellaneous; weights & measures

Earliest Date

1957

Latest Date

1957

Inscription Date

Material

metal; wood; cloth (felt)

Dimensions

box breadth 142mm; depth 134mm; height 121mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE
INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.
LONDON & CAMBRIDGE
C627634’ (plate on lid)

Description Notes

Incomplete set of optical parts for universal measuring machine. Wooden case with hinged lid and lock with key; nine felt-lined cylindrical holes of varying sizes and depths. Most of the contents are missing and only two cylindrical adapters are present with screw thread on the inside of one end and three slits up the sides from the other end. Both have same diameters but different lengths (marked ‘62.5MM’ and ‘55.5MM’).

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