Accession No

2585

Brief Description

moving coil, reflecting galvanometer, D’Arsonval short-period type, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., English, 1937

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

electrical

Earliest Date

1937

Latest Date

1937

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

height 220mm; breadth 195mm; depth 180mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1980.

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD. ENGLAND
No. L-84754’ (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 good; complete

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