Accession No

3907

Brief Description

educational kit used to demonstrate the laws of electricity, by Max Kohl, German, 1915 (c)

Origin

Germany; Chemnitz

Maker

Kohl, Max

Class

electrical; demonstration

Earliest Date

1915

Latest Date

1915

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, iron, copper and at least two others); wood (cork and several other types); paper; inorganic (graphite); glass; cloth; paper (cardboard)

Dimensions

box length 451mm; breadth 154mm; height 59mm height of 2nd instrument 260mm; diameter 140mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased, 26/8/1992.

Inscription

‘[FA]RADAY
[GA]MES] BOX
ELECTROTECHNICS’ (lid of box)
‘The whole Science of Electricity
in 389 Experiments’ (lid of box)
‘Max Kohl, Chemnitz’ (base of second instrument)

Description Notes

Educational kit with many parts and pieces, to be used to demonstrate the laws of electricity. Includes coils, sheets of metal, magnets, iron filings, springs, switch, rope, amp and voltmeter dials, and a broken glass container. All contained in a wooden box with sliding lid, divided into compartments.

Black painted metal tripod base with three brass levelling screws supports three brass uprights on which is set a black-painted metal ring. Centre of tripod base also carries a metal column which passes through the centre of the ring and is adjustable in height. One side of the ring carries a further metal rod held in place by a knurled brass screw. This rod rises vertically before turning to the horizontal. The end carries a metal ball to which is attached a length of wire.

Condition fair for box, good for other instruments; incomplete

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