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Trotter Pattern Portable Photometer, by Everett Edgcumbe, London, c.1910

Inventory Number 13422


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13422

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Department of Engineering Science, Oxford, in 2010.
Primary inscriptions
CADLE FEET / EVERETT EDGCUMBE / PORTABLE PHOTOMETER / TROTTER PATTERN / 19601'
Physical material
Wood
metal
Glass
paint
Object type
Photometer
Dimensions
Height: 255mm Width: 265mm Depth: 120mm Weight: 1.7kg
Inventory No
13422
Accession Number
2010-6/2

Description

Integral box design. Black painted interior. Wooden outer casing with metal attachments and wooden handle. Circular glass panel at the front displays a scale front 0-2 foot candles. Hinged door at the back.

Oxford University's Department of Engineering Science was founded in 1908, so this may be one of its original instruments.