Accession No

4593

Brief Description

Metre scale for galvanometer, by W. G. Pye and Co., English, 20th C

Origin

England; Cambridge; Granta Works

Maker

W. G. Pye and Co.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1970

Inscription Date

Material

wood; paper; glass; cloth

Dimensions

length 1130mm; breadth 80mm; thickness 13mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘W. G. PYE & Co.
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS,
Granta Works: CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND’ (centre of scale)

Description Notes

Metre scale for galvanometer, by W.G. Pye & Co, English, 20th C.

Scale divided 0 - 100 cm, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.1 and divided 50 - 0 - 50cm, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.1; printed on translucent paper. Paper sandwiched between two sheets of glass and held in black painted wooden frame. Back sheet of glass is cracked at one end and has blue lines drawn on it in the other half; it also has card markers labelled ‘1’ ‘2’ ‘5’ ‘10’ ‘15’ and ‘20’ stuck on it with cloth tape.

Condition fair; complete

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