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High-Voltage Pressure Detector, by Elliott Brothers, Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 13128


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13128

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003.
Primary inscriptions
'ELLIOTT-PETCH / PRESSURE DETECTOR / MODEL 1100 / PATENT NO. 596733 / LIMITED TO / 3kv / 11kV SYSTEMS / WITH EARTHED NEUTRAL / KEEP DRY'
Physical material
Glass
Bakelite?
Metal
Object type
Electronic instrument
Dimensions
Diameter: 65mm Height: 535mm Weight: 0.6kg
Inventory No
13128
Accession Number
2003-11