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Linesman's Galvanometer, by GEC, 1917

Inventory Number 93618


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.93618

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Richard Hillier Esq.
Object type
Galvanometer
Dimensions
Height: 144mm Width: 116mm Depth: 74mm Weight: 1535g
Inventory No
93618
Accession Number
1991-16

Description

Given to the donor's father by Lord Nuffield's chauffeur and said to have been used by Lord Nuffield (1877-1963).

Dome-shaped galvanometer. Wooden base with metal workings and covered with green coated, synthetic material casing. Inscription - "General Electric Co. Ltd. No. 3389 1917".