Accession No

0550

Brief Description

galton whistle, or dog whistle, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., English, c. 1900

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd.

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1895

Latest Date

1919

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); ivory; organic (bone); cloth (silk); shagreen

Dimensions

box length 136mm; breadth 35mm; thickness 27mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT COY., LTD.’ (inside lid of case)

Description Notes

Galton Whistle, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, c. 1900.

Brass cylinder with fine bone brass tube from ‘mouthpiece’ to adjustable piston (bellows missing). Two ivory scales graduated [0] - 10. Fitted case lined with blue silk.

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