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Gambrell Rotary-Switch Pattern Resistance Box with Single Dial, by Gambrell Bros

Inventory Number 83791


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.83791

Subject
Sundials
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Physical material
Wood
Copper Alloy
Bakelite
Object type
Dial
Dimensions
Height: 145mm Width: 170mm Depth: 185mm Weight: 1.45kg
Inventory No
83791
Accession Number
1992-26

Description

Dovetail jointed wooden box with Bakelite top with a large dial made from Bakelite and copper alloy in the centre and three copper alloy screw top terminals above. The Bakelite and copper alloy dial has a copper alloy arrow at the base that can point to numbers around the dial ranging from 0 to 10,000. There is lettering underneath the three terminals, which reads G1.T1, T2, and G2 respectively.