Accession No

4592

Brief Description

Wheatstone Bridge, by W. G. Pye and Co., English, 1/2 20th C

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

W. G. Pye and Co.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1950

Inscription Date

Material

wood (boxwood and one other); metal (brass, white metal); plastic (ivorine)

Dimensions

length 1230mm; breadth 155mm; height 60mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, on 23/01/1997.

Inscription

‘W. G. PYE & CO
ENGLAND
CAMBRIDGE’ (on ivorine disc on stand)

Description Notes

Wheatstone bridge, by W.G. Pye, English, 1/2 20th C.

Shallow wooden stand with a groove along one long edge, along the other a metre rule divided 0 - 100 cm, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.1. Beside this is stretched a metre length of wire. At one end the wire is joined to a single brass terminal, at the other it is joined to a brass strip with three brass terminals. Beside this brass strip are two shorter brass strips with two terminals on each. Between two of the terminals is positioned a red-painted resistor (?).

Condition fair (spotting on brass).

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