Accession No

2274

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1941

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1941

Latest Date

1941

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

height 224mm; base diameter 180mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Colloid Science, University of Cambridge, 1976.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND
No. L-135213’ (base)

Description Notes

Suspended coil, reflecting Galvanometer, D’Arsonval short-period type.
Cylindrical black metal base; three ebonite levelling feet; two ebonite covered terminals; 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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