Accession No

6213

Brief Description

‘Popular Experiments in Dynamics’ model kit, by George C. Sherrin, produced by George Philip and Son, English, 1926

Origin

England; London; 32 Fleet Street, E.C.4

Maker

Sherrin, George C. [creator] George Philip and Son Ltd. [kit maker]

Class

demonstration; astronomy; physics

Earliest Date

1926

Latest Date

1926

Inscription Date

1926

Material

wood (pine, plywood); metal (brass, steel); paper

Dimensions

width 225mm; depth 200mm; height 70mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Trevor Waterman, Trevor Philip & Sons Ltd, 75A, Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6NP on or before 08/02/2008. This model kit was previously advertised for sale in Tesseract catalogue 84 (Summer 2007).

Inscription

[front of box lid]
Popular Experiments
in
Dynamics
By George C. Sherrin

Description Notes

‘Popular Experiments in Dynamics’ model kit, by George C. Sherrin (kit produced by George Philip & Sons), 1926, including booklet.

Pine box with plywood sliding lid (now too warped to fit into grooves in box) and internal pine separators, making 4 compartments within the box.

The lid has a paper label pasted onto its upper surface, which depicts one of the possible models that can be made with the kit, plus is inscribed with the name of the kit and the makers name and address.

Sitting in the largest of the four compartments in the box is the square pine base upon which the dynamics models are constructed. This contais a screw-hole in its centre, and has a paper label stuck to its upper surface depicting concentric circles plus graduations about a bisecting line. The outer of these is marked “10o”

Next to the base is a metal cylinder with a hole at one end and a spike protruding from the other. The body of the cylinder is wrapped in a piece of pink paper.

In the next largest compartment is an assortment of metal components, comprising of:
2 x brass cylinders of 22mm diameter, 19mm long, with a small hole drilled down their centre and one screw-piece sitting in a screw hole in the cylinders’ side
6 x brass cylinders like those described above, but 12mm in diameter and 13mm long
7 x assorted smaller brass connectors, 3 of which are attached to steel rods
16 x steel rods (including the 3 mentioned above) of assorted size and length

In the next largest compartment is a sphere made of pine and painted sky-blue, with a hole drilled through the centre from one side to the other.

In the smallest compartment is a similar sphere painted yellow, slightly larger than the blue one.

Also included in the set is a 64 page, A5 size booklet by George C. Sherrin, also entitled ‘Popular Experiments in Dynamics’. This booklet outlines in great detail how to set up a variety of experiments using the model kit, including a model solar system, experiments in centrifugal force and a Foucault’s pendulum experiment.

Condition: Fair (lid warped, some components are missing (e.g. moon), box quite scuffed)

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