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Box containing electronics (Model of Jupiter's Satellites)

Inventory Number 10076


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10076

Item type
Object
Dimensions
Height: 65mm Width: 1430mm Depth: 75mm Weight: 5.35kg
Inventory No
10076

Description

Long box apparently containing electrical fittings but labelled "Prof Turner's Lecture" & something about Jupiter's satellites (part of lecture-demonstration equipment of the astronomer HH Turner).

The case contains long hinged pieces of wood with bulbs representing the various satellites of Jupiter.