Accession No

4064

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1949

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1949

Latest Date

1949

Inscription Date

Material

metal (iron, brass, black metal); glass; plastic (ebonite)

Dimensions

height 220mm; depth 195mm; breadth 170mm

Special Collection

Cambridge Instrument Company Collection

Provenance

Donated by the Cambridge Instrument Company.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND
No. L-263755’ (base)
‘PHYSICS LAB.’ (on aluminium plate fastened to base)

Description Notes

Suspended coil, reflecting Galvanometer, D’Arsonval short-period type.
Cylindrical black metal base; three ebonite levelling feet; three ebonite covered terminals (‘EARTH’ terminal connected to case); circular liquid level; brass clamping lever; cylindrical black metal case with circular glazed window showing suspended rectangular mirror; coil surrounding fixed iron core in gap of magnet; brass zero adjustment mechanism on top of case. Two paper labels glued to case.
Condition fine; complete (suspension intact)

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