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Incomplete Horizontal Induction Coil with Battery in Case, by Apps, London, 1866

Inventory Number 81367


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.81367

Item type
Object
Makers
Apps
Object type
Battery
Dimensions
Height: 260mm Width: 770mm Depth: 410mm Weight: 12.5kg
Inventory No
81367

Description

Main stand consisting of a wooden box with control panel and supports for an induction coil, with battery pack, contained in a fitted wooden case. The battery has five adjoining thick metal casings with ceramic internal components, held in a wooden frame that has copper alloy handles at both ends and two string handles. The wooden case has a hinged lid and carrying handles at both ends, which are painted black. Also contained is a large bundle of copper alloy wire with a cotton covering. There are 40 smaller parts, which include a tin of nine copper alloy wire reels and a wooden box with a sliding lid containing spare parts and a small envelope labelled "Pins for turning nuts of coil! to be held in hand vice".