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Voltmeter With Case, Britain, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 65935


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.65935

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"Miss Eileen Clements, / Scientific Palmist, / BELRAVE STREET / SQUARE. / 'At Homes' Even_____ / HOURS 11 TO 5." printed on lable stuck to glazed surface.
Object type
Radio communication
Dimensions
Height: 95mm Width: 240mm Depth: 195mm
Inventory No
65935
Accession Number
2004-9/439

Description

Voltmeter, in refurnished oak case with flap enclosing glazed scale (scale -150,0,150 VOLTS), external detector switch in brass cover, brass handle and varnished card printed with circuit diagrams, the reverse printed with details of Eileen Clements, 'Scientific Palmist'. With celluloid labels.