Accession No

4312

Brief Description

resistance box, by Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1922

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1922

Latest Date

1922

Inscription Date

Material

wood; plastic (ebonite); metal (brass); ceramic

Dimensions

length 220mm; breadth 143mm; height 104mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘THE CAMBRIDGE AND PAUL INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND
No. L-4653’ (on top)
‘TR 103’ (on side, added)

Description Notes

Rectangular wooden box with two-piece ebonite top; two brass terminals; sixteen plug receptors flush with ebonite top; brass and ebonite plugs; sixteen coils wound on ceramic bobbins fastened to underside of top plate.

Condition: fair (dirty); incomplete (one plug missing, one mismatched).

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