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Portable Potentiometer with Battery

Inventory Number 32488


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.32488

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Dept. of Engineering Science per Barry Silcock Esq.
Object type
Potentiometer
Dimensions
Height: 170mm Width: 350mm Depth: 235mm Weight: 5.5kg
Inventory No
32488
Accession Number
1996-30

Description

Wooden box with leather handle and metal fittings containing potentiometer with Cropico battery and 2 instruction pamphlets; from the Cryogenics department of the Department of Engineering Science. Pamphlets entitled "Cambridge Instructions for the use and care of Portable Pentometer Type no. 44228" and "Cambridge Thermocoule Characteristics". Cylindrical grey metal battery, labelled CROPICO type P3/s. With 24 circular holes. The top has 4 Bakelite dials - one red, two green and one black. A cable also comes out of the top with a fixing on the end.