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DC Portable Test Set, by Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd, 1928

Inventory Number 13064


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13064

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003.
Primary inscriptions
'ELLIOTT / 157309'
Object type
Electronic instrument
Dimensions
Height: 95mm Width: 180mm Depth: 210mm Weight: 2.3kg
Inventory No
13064
Accession Number
2003-11

Description

DC Portable Test Set with varnished wooden body. Body has hinged lid with slide-lock metal fastening. Information printed to inside lid with plastic cover. Meter has scale with range of 0-140 increments of 20, Four terminals for milliamps and five terminals for volts. Leather handle. Four feet.