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Wheatstone Bridge Post Office Pattern Resistance Box

Inventory Number 88266


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.88266

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Dept. of Earth Sciences per Roy Goodwin Esq.
Dimensions
Height: 165mm Width: 240mm Depth: 165mm Weight: 4.6kg
Inventory No
88266
Accession Number
1991-20

Description

Wooden dovetail jointed box with copper alloy handle and circular locking mechanism, with manuscript circuit diagram inside lid. Card and string label is attached to the handle "Post Office Bridge" [91-20]". Diagram is entitled "Wheatsone Bridge Post Office Pattern Diagram of connections Rheastat arm = 8110 ohms". Internal fittings are made of copper alloy and ebonite.