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Photograph (Cyanotype) of a Voltmeter, by Elliott Brothers, 1929

Inventory Number 11982


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003. Part of the Elliott Archive.
Primary inscriptions
Intrinsic negative number: 'N552'.
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Photograph
Dimensions
Height: 151mm Width: 107mm
Inventory No
11982
Accession Number
2003-11

Description

In Elliott Archive 4/20/2, typescipt description of dynamometer instruments. Cyanotype (blueprint) photograph from a glass negative of a voltmeter, forming figure 3 of W. Phillips's text. The instrument and original photograph are pre-1917. Note that the circuit diagram in the lid of the instrument is a blueprint.