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Cambridge Regulator with Meter Measuring Heat, Associated with Neurophysiology Experiments, by Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd., Cambridge and London, Probably 1920s

Inventory Number 10836


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.10836

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, in 2005.
Primary inscriptions
'CAMBRIDGE REGULATOR' in large relief lettering on applied metal label. Dial signed 'Cambridge Instrument Co., Ltd. England.'.
Other inscriptions
"Sherrington" definite
Physical material
metal
Glass
Ebonite?
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 225mm Width: 210mm Depth: 125mm Weight: 5.05kg
Inventory No
10836
Accession Number
2013-27/part

Description

This Cambridge regulator is a metal unit With with dial on curved edge, reading 0 to 100 degrees centigrade, and three pairs of contacts marked 'Relay', 'Galvo', and 'Heater 4 Volts'. Painted green. Below the 6 terminals on the front there is a glass cylinder with a wire in the centre. There are 2 feet at the base.