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Manual Arc Light With Revolving Table and Six Carbons, by Max Kohl, German, c. 1920

Inventory Number 92688


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.92688

Item type
Object
Makers
Max Kohl
Provenance
Associated with Clarendon Laboratory
Primary inscriptions
Signed "MAX KOHL, CHEMNITZ".
Physical material
Metal
Pigment
Object type
Arc light
Dimensions
Diameter: 180mm Height: 449mm Weight: 3.417kg
Inventory No
92688

Description

Consisting of a rectangular platform with a cylindrical metal arm on top with milled knobs, and a circular rotating platform containing six projecting carbons on a pedestal.