Accession No

0044

Brief Description

fuse from the Thomson installation of electricity at Peterhouse, 1/2 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal (brass, copper, white metal); glass

Dimensions

height 145mm; breadth 64mm; depth 26mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Wooden box with sliding glass front. Two copper rods set in top of box and passing into interior to form terminals. Pair of small brass weights with fuse wire between them; also pair of white metal weights with fuse wire between them. Paper label inside box marked ‘2’. Two brass-bound holes in opposite corners of base of box.

Condition good; complete.

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