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Capacitor, by W.G. Pye & Company, Cambridge, Probably 1920s

Inventory Number 72410

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.72410

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, in 2005, per Professor David Paterson.
Primary inscriptions
"W.G.PYE & CO. / ENG. CAMBRIDGE / M.F.D. / No 7315" printed on upper exterior surface.
Dimensions
Height: 123mm Width: 195mm Depth: 172mm Weight: 2.45kg
Inventory No
72410
Accession Number
2013-27/part

Description

Capacitor, with ebonite upper surface upon teak? case. With two smaller brown plastic? dials with nickelled bases upon upper surface, along with larger capacitor tuning dial (scale 0-10 milli-farads).

Nothing is now visible on the paper attached to the side of the box.

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