Accession No

2406

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, by Cambridge Instrument Company, English, 1935

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1935

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

height 195mm; depth 160mm; breadth 164mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1978.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE
INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND
No. L-65680’ (front of case)

Description Notes

Suspended coil, reflecting Galvanometer, Ayrton-Mather type.
Black painted cylindrical magnet; brass levelling feet; two ebonite covered terminals; circular glazed window showing suspended coil and mirror on wood frame; clamping lever; brass suspension tube with zero adjustment at top.
Condition fine (suspension intact); complete

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