Accession No

3264

Brief Description

part of a microphotometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., England, c.1930

Origin

England

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1930

Latest Date

1930

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, iron, at least 3 other types); glass; plastic (at least 3 types)

Dimensions

length 890mm; height 945mm; breadth 360mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/1985.

Inscription

Description Notes

Grey-painted square iron base open in centre apart from a crossing bar. This carries an optical instrument mounted behind a plano-convex condensor lens. Various electrical connections.
Separate rectangular plate - the plate holder.
Separate grey-painted L-shaped bracket.
Separate grey-painted iron inverted-U-shape bracket with centrally mounted cylinder; also carries two electrical power boxes, one marked ‘fine gain’, the other with an aerial.
Three other parts in grey-painted iron: two open squares and one open triangle, all with attached white metal rods (purpose unknown).

Condition fair/poor; incomplete (?)

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