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Speedometer and Odometer, by Elliott Brothers, London, c.1905

Inventory Number 12863

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12863

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003.
Primary inscriptions
'ELLIOTT BROTHERS / LONDON / No.6064'
Other inscriptions
No. 8336
Object type
Electronic instrument
Dimensions
Height: 355mm Width: 475mm Depth: 375mm Weight: 13.9kg
Inventory No
12863
Accession Number
2003-11

Description

Speedometer and Odometer Display mounted for demonstration purposes. Two meters, one mounted above the other. The higher meter for miles per hour has a scale range of 5-50 in increments of 5. The lower meter for miles has a scale range from 0-100 in increments of 10 and two clock windows for thousands and hundreds of miles. The meters are attached to flexible pipe and valve wheel, also mounted to base. The base has four rubber feet.

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