Accession No

2024

Brief Description

valve by Moorhead, 1/4 20th C

Origin

England

Maker

Moorhead

Class

physics (?)

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass, white metal); cloth; plasticine; paper

Dimensions

length 120mm; max diameter 50mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1974.

Inscription

‘PATENTED
This Moorhead Valve is licensed
under the Fleming patent.— Number
803684. Other patents pending.’ (paper label around base of bulb)

Description Notes

Glass bulb mountedon brass base. Contains glass and white metal valve. The brass base is set on brass pins (currently mounted in plasticine for stability).

Condition fair; complete.

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