Accession No

2410

Brief Description

Moving coil reflecting galvanometer, by W. G. Pye and Co., English, c. 1935

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

W. G. Pye and Co.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1925

Latest Date

1945

Inscription Date

Material

metal; brass; ebonite; glass; iron

Dimensions

height 276mm; breadth 165mm; depth 180mm

Special Collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

‘W.G. PYE & CO.
ENG. CAMBRIDGE
No. 10303’ (top of cover)
‘N’ (added to top of cover)

Description Notes

Moving coil reflecting galvanometer, by W. G. Pye & Co., English, c. 1935.

Metal base; three feet (two levelling); two levelling bubbles; two ebonite and brass terminals; black-painted metal cover; glazed window in front showing suspended mirror; coil surrounding fixed iron core in gap of magnet; vertical brass tube containing suspension, with knurled ‘set zero’ control at top; brass clamping screw on top of cover.

Condition good (suspension intact); complete.

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