Physics Catalogue: A - C
Atmospheric Physics
Anemometer
Anemometer
- Manufacturer: Jules Richard, Constucteur
- Country of Origin: Paris, France
- Serial Number: SN18A
- Related Link: Link
Turbine type (in working order) in case with spanner & phial of oil. Calibration curve in pocket under lid.
Anemometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN18A
Brass stand, black cups. Label reading ""Returned by the National Meteorology Laboratory, Glasnevin. Oliver Power.
Barometer
Pressure Gauge
- Manufacturer: Schaeffer & Budenberg
- Country of Origin: Zurich, Switzerland
- Serial Number: SN4C
Glass fronted brass needle instrument.
Barometer
- Manufacturer: Lufft
- Country of Origin: Fellbach, Germany
- Serial Number: SN18B
Spherically curved glass surface. Scale reads from 970-1030mb.
Barometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN18B
Domestic Aneroid Barometer with glass front cracked.
Baumé Hydrometer
Baume's Hydrometer for Heavy Liquids
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin: Germany
- Serial Number: SN7C
Mercury bulb, wider hollow cylindrical segment and long graded tube with scale from 24-0.
Baume's Hydrometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN7C
Mercury bulb, pear shaped hollow segment, long graded tube with scale 45-0.
Beckmann Thermometer
Beckmann Thermometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN4B
Beckmann Thermometer in padded grey cardboard case. Donated by Eric Finch.
Daniell Hygrometer
Daniell Hygrometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN7A
- Related Link: Link
Instrument lies in cloth lined hardwood case & is complete except for a missing base plate. (The latter is circular with a female threaded hole in the centre).
Gay Lussac's Alcoholometer
Gay Lussac's Alcoholometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN7D
Glass alcoholometer in glass cylinder within black card cylinder. Two scales: one wide, 10°-110°F, one narrow 0°-100°F centesimal scale.
Hydrometers
Hydrometers
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN7B
Wooden box containing 4 hydrometers - 2 are broken.
Hygrometer
Hygrometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin: Germany
- Serial Number: SN18B
Circular hygrometer, glass face. Scale from 0-100% 'rel. humidity'.
Portable Mercury Barometer
Portable Mercury Barometer
- Image...?
- Manufacturer: J. Newman
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN18C
In leather case with tripod; barometer is broken.
Portable Mercury Barometer
- Image...?
- Manufacturer: J. Newman
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN18C
Identical to 137; also broken.
Radiometer
Radiometer
- Manufacturer: Edmund Scientific Co.
- Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
- Serial Number: FF1C
- Related Link: Link
Radiometer with cardboard & polystyrene box.
Tensiometer
Tensiometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN1A
Homemade tensiometers on painted blue wooden bases. A: Appears intact; B: Suspension support string for needle broken, scale support twisted out of shape.
Tensiometer
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: SN1A
Metal stand, supports heavily rusted. Rule scale from 0-7cm.
Thermometer/Barograph
Thermometer/Barograph
- Manufacturer: R. F.
- Country of Origin: Paris, France
- Serial Number: SN7A
Clockwork barograph & thermometer in glass fronted carrying case - glass missing.
Thermometers
Leslie's Differential Thermometer
- Manufacturer: H. Negretti & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN7D
Instrument in perfect working order.
Thermometer (Maximum)
- Manufacturer: Negretti & Zambra
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN7D
Complete working order, Patent No. 5783.
Thermometer
- Manufacturer: Negretti & Zambra
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN7D
On backing plate but thermometer bulb is broken off.
Black Bulb Thermometer
- Manufacturer: S. Casella
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN7C
Perfect condition.
Black Bulb Thermometer
- Manufacturer: S. Casella
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN7C
As 143, identical but for slightly different scale.
Resistance Thermometer (?)
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN7D
Two terminal device with ceramic tube.
Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer
Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer
- Manufacturer: F. Greiner
- Country of Origin: Berlin, Germany
- Serial Number: SN7D
Pair thermometers (one broken) on collapsible wooden stand. Wick & reservoir are missing.
Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer
- Manufacturer: Mason & Son
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: SN7C
Both on metal backing plate, wet bulb perfect, dry bulb broken.
Wet & Dry Bulb Thermometer
- Manufacturer: Negretti & Zambra
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN4A
Complete instrument packed in kapok in wooden case.
Wet & Dry Thermometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN7D
Wooden base, two scales on thermometer columns, from 20°-130°F"
Cells
Bell (Dry) Cell
Bell (Dry) Cell
- Manufacturer: General Electric Co.
- Country of Origin: Coventry, England
- Serial Number: SN3B
Large dry cell, Catalogue No. L4942.
Clark Standard Cell
Clark Standard Cell
- Manufacturer: Muirhead & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN3C
Complete with integral thermometer.
Leclanché Cell
Leclanché Cell
- Serial Number: SN3A
Complete but without electrolyte.
Leclanché Cell
- Manufacturer: Litton
- Country of Origin: England
- Serial Number: SN3A
As 131 but with incorrect carbon electrode.
Leclanché Cell
- Serial Number: SN3A
Complete & identical. (Note added: A has no glass jar).
Miscellaneous Cells
Glass Jars with Copper Electrodes
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN3C
Square glass jars, A containing 4 plate electrodes, B empty.
Carbon Cell Plate
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN3A
Cell plate with brass screw terminal - see also 131 & 132.
Cell
- Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN3C
Small black cell.
Cell
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN3C
Exide Battery Cell
- Manufacturer: Exide
- Country of Origin: Georgia, USA
- Serial Number: SN3B
Photocell
Photocell
- Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN3B
"Osram" type complete with socket & base.
Photocell
- Manufacturer: Weston Electrical Instrument Corp.
- Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
- Serial Number: SN3B
Weston brand, enclosed in original card box.
Photovoltaic Cell
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN3B
Wooden frame, two terminals.
Weston Standard Cell
Weston Standard Cell
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN3C
Complete in brass case. Patent No: 35661
Weston Cell
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN3C
Consists of pair of cells in brass case, with provision for thermometer.
Communications
Telegraph Dial
Automatic Telegraph Dial
- Manufacturer: Yeates & Son
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: SN9B
Wooden base, faded metal dial with alphabet in a ring.
Automatic Telegraph Dial
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN9B
Wooden base, upright brass dial with alphabet in a ring. Handle missing.
Telegraph Repeater
Repeater (Relay) for Telegraphy
- Manufacturer: Elliot Bros.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN9C
Complete instrument.
Telegraph Repeater (Relay)
- Manufacturer: Creed & Co. Ltd.
- Country of Origin: East Croydon, England
- Serial Number: SN9C
- Related Link: Link
Complete instrument.
Telephone
Dial Telephone
- Manufacturer: G & C
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN9A
Black dial telephone.
Mobile Phone
- Manufacturer: Motorola
- Country of Origin: USA
- Serial Number: SN9A
Blue Motorola phone with protruding aerial.
Telephone (Wall mounted)
- Manufacturer: Hunnings-Cone
- Country of Origin: Yorkshire, England
- Serial Number: SN9A
- Related Link: Link
Old wooden telephone, missing receiver.
Current Electricity
Ammeters
Ammeter
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2B
Identical to 102, 0-50 A scale, marked "Stanley Patent" also.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Newton & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: ST2A
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Sangamo Weston Ltd.
- Country of Origin: Middlesex, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Ammeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-300 mA.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Weston
- Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
- Serial Number: FL2B
Ammeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-1 Milliamperes D.C.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Elliott Bros.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Ammeter in wooden casing on wooden base.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2B
Pointer ammeter in faded brass casing. Two terminals, scale from 0-3000 'Milli-amps'.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Unipivot ammeter in black bakelite casing. Scale 0-120 Microamps.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Ferranti
- Country of Origin: Hollinwood, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Milliammeter on angled hardwood base. Scale 0-50 milliamperes.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Ferranti
- Country of Origin: Hollinwood, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Small ammeter on angled hardwood base. Scale 50-200. Printed ""Thermocouple, F, Gx2, 1940.
Ammeter on Handle
- Manufacturer: Medical Supply Association
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Handle with ammeter free to rotate about axis. Scale -5-+5 Milli-amps.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Crompton Parkinson Limited
- Country of Origin: Leeds, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Black box casing, two terminals, handle, large circular white display, scale 0-20 Amperes. Printed Calibrated in horizontal position.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Crompton
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Black box casing, six terminals, handle. Large rectangular white display, scale 0-5 Amperes. Printed Calibrated in horizontal position. Sticker: Property of Chem. Eng. Dept.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Mason
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: FL2C
Ammeter on angled wooden support. Missing casing over display.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: PGCO
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2C
Circular/Cylindrical ammeter with two diametrically opposed terminals. Scale 0-80 A.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Rustrak
- Country of Origin: Ohio, USA
- Serial Number: FL2C
Grey box-shaped D.C. Milliammeter. Scale 0-1 Milliamperes D.C. Graph paper backdrop display.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Weston
- Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
- Serial Number: FL2C
Ammeter on angled wooden support. Bakelite display casing. Scale 0-5 Amperes.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Sangamo Weston Ltd.
- Country of Origin: Middlesex, England
- Serial Number: ST2A
Ammeter in a case. Display glass cracked.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2B
D.C. Milliammeter on angled wooden base. Scale 0-1 milliamperes. Moving coil.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: Anders
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Milliammeter in black angled bakelite case.
Astatic Galvanometer
Astatic Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Watkins & Hill
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5C
Complete instrument with small telescope to view scale through the glass cover.
Nobilis Astatic Galvanometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL8.5C
Complete instrument in glass case.
Astatic Galvanometer
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL8.5C
Complete instrument on wooden base.
Automatic Battery Switch
Neville Patent Automatic Battery Switch
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL1Top
Angled bakelite base with coil and levers. Marked "100V".
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: R. W. Paul
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5B
A: Complete, but mirror has separated from mounting; B: Identical to A but without vertical mirror support.
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5B
Complete instrument.
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5A
Complete instrument.
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Leeds & Northrup Co.
- Country of Origin: Philadelphia, USA
- Serial Number: FL8.5B
Complete but torsion fibre is broken.
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5A
Complete apart from broken torsion fibre. Has added parallel shunt resistance.
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5A
Complete working order apart from torsion fibre.
Ayrton & Mather Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5A
Complete instrument. Fibre broken.
Black Box with mystery circuit concealed in wax
Black Box with mystery circuit concealed in wax.
- Manufacturer: Alan Greig
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: SN17B
Designed and built by Prof Greig (retired 1978). Students were tasked with determining the hidden circuit by experiment.
Box for High-Voltage Apparatus
Box for High-Voltage Apparatus
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN16A
Wooden box with glass base. High voltage terminals on lid for attaching to contents.
Bridge Circuit
Bridge Circuit
- Manufacturer: Weston
- Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
- Serial Number: ST1F
Wooden casing with angled black face. Label reading 'For checking extractor network from outside accel. column. E. Meyer'. Readout scale -100-+100?a.
Broca Galvanometer
Broca Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5D
Complete except for missing small control magnet (fits on end of moveable arm).
Capacitors
Precision Capacitor
- Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
Brass encapsulated; missing shorting plug.
Capacitance Box
- Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
Complete but knob of one switch is broken.
Capacitor
- Serial Number: FL2A
Capacitor
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
Capacitor
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
Capacitor
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
Variable Capacitor
- Manufacturer: Fallon
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
Black casing holding fifteen rows of metal semicircular plates. Knob rotating scale (0-180) and a further fourteen interlocking semicircular plates.
Variable Capacitor
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
13 rows of semicircular metal plates on hardwood base. 13 rotating interlocking plates. Handle missing. Wire attached.
Capacitor
- Manufacturer: (illegible)
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
Wooden cube with two terminals. Broken slightly revealing interior. Printed ""Type W800, Capacity 0.1?F, Max Working Voltage 3000 D.C., Patented.
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Nalder Bros. & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8C
Complete.
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL8C
Complete apart from broken torsion fibre.
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL8C
Complete apart from broken torsion fibre.
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8A
Mirror type device complete in wooden case. Type No: 4789.
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8C
Brass, complete.
D'Arsonval Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8C
Integral lamp & see through scale all in hardwood case. Type S.S.I. 45 & labelled "Supplied by Mason, Dublin".
D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometer
D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometers
- Manufacturer: Gambrell Bros.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8B
Glass fronted hardwood cased instrument designed for wall mounting. A: Complete but broken torsion fibre; C: Complete but broken torsion fibre & mechanism.
D'Arsonval Pointer Galvanometers
- Manufacturer: Mason
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: FL8B
Free standing in hardwood case with bubble level included. Complete but torsion fibre is broken.
Differential Galvanometer
Differential Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5D
Missing mirror, magnet & torsion fibre.
Electrical Switch
Electrical Switch
- Manufacturer: Dixon & Hempenstall (Opticians)
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: ST2A
Galvanometer Shunt Box
Galvanometer Shunt Box
- Manufacturer: R. W. Paul
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8D
Set of resistances in two terminal brass case. Type "A-M No 42".
Ayrton & Mather Universal Shunt Box
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL8D
Complete in hardwood case.
Galvanometers
Needle Telegraph (Galvanometer)
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL8A
Wooden box with glass front and metal handle. Deflection scale -60 ° -+60 ° . Needle pointer attached to coil (inside).
Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Yeates & Son
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: FL8A
Wooden disc with semi-circular deflection scale (-90-+90). Needle pointer attached to coil.
Ammeter
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL8C
Small black ammeter missing a leg.
Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8A
Single-pivot galvanometer.
Galvanometer (Scalamp)
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL8A
Steel cased galvanometer with 3-pin plug. This instrument was bought in October 1961 and cost £28. Please treat it with care. Scale 0-14 and -7-+7.
Large Thermionic Diode
Large Thermionic Diode
- Manufacturer: Ediswan
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: ST1B
Large (12x6) device mounted on hardwood base. Type ESU 400.
Potentiometer
Volt Ration Box
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL11.5
Voltage reduction box for use with potentiometer.
Potentiometer
- Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL11.5
Portable potentiometer used for 1981 Arctic Expedition.
Powermeter
Powermeter
- Manufacturer: Philips
- Country of Origin: Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Serial Number: ST1E
Broken handle. Scale reads 0-300 and 0-100 with '0dB=1mW 600? 0,775V' written.
Ratemeter
Ratemeter
- Manufacturer: Philips
- Country of Origin: Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Serial Number: ST2F
Black façade, scale 0-100 and 0-30 (units unclear).
Resistance Apparatus
Precision Resistance
- Manufacturer: H. Tinsley & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
Value 1?, known as "Manganin Type".
Precision Resistance
- Manufacturer: Elliott Bros.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN17A
Value 100?, type known as "British Association Pattern".
Precision Resistance
- Manufacturer: Elliot Bros.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
Value 1?, type known as British Association Pattern. Also has wooden case & brass connection clamps.
Resistance Instrument
- Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
Resistor
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
6,000? resistor.
Extra Resistance for AC Test Instrument
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL6DR
Wooden base with resistance plugs covered by black metal grating.
Resistance Box, 'Post-Office' Type
Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)
- Manufacturer: A. Gallenkamp & Co. Ltd.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2D
Wooden box, black-handled plugs.
Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)
- Manufacturer: Gambrell Bros &
Co. Ltd.; Mason, Dublin - Country of Origin: London, England; Dublin, Ireland
- Serial Number: FL2D
Wooden box, brass-handled plugs, contacts slightly off-level.
Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)
- Manufacturer: Leeds & Northrup Co.
- Country of Origin: Minworth England
- Serial Number: FL2D
Wooden box, black-handled plugs. Scars on inside of lid due to over-extended screw, brass handle on lid.
Resistance Box (Post-Office Type)
- Manufacturer: Gambrell
- Country of Origin: Croydon, England
- Serial Number: FL2C
23 resistance plugs. Label inside lid reads "This instrument was bought in Feb 1962 and cost £20. Please treat it with care."
Resistance Unit
Large Resistance Unit
- Manufacturer: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL7EB
Rheostats
Rheostat
- Manufacturer: Zenith
- Country of Origin: Suffolk, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
- Related Link: Link
Rheostat used as teaching apparatus. Manual slider marked 'Amps 1-2' and 'Ohms 220'.
Rheostat
- Manufacturer: Zenith
- Country of Origin: Suffolk, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
- Related Link: Link
Rheostat used as teaching apparatus. Manual slider marked 'Amps 2' and 'Ohms 28'. Broken at one end.
Rheostat
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2A
Rheostat used as teaching apparatus. Screw-operated slider. Hexagonal winding.
Rheostat
- Manufacturer: Philip Harris Ltd.
- Country of Origin: Birmingham, England
- Serial Number: FL2A
Rheostat with slider handle and curved steel frame.
Resistance Box
Resistance Box
- Manufacturer: Baird & Tatlock Ltd.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2D
Complete working order.
Resistance Boxes
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: FL2C
Identical pair plug type boxes: A complete. Labelled Supplied by T. H. Mason, 5 & 6 Dame Street, Dublin.
Resistance Box
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2D
In hardwood case, missing all four plugs.
Resistance Box
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2D
Hardwood board with coils beneath. Fine resistance wire on ebonite rod is broken.
Resistance Board
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN17A
Homemade resistance board.
Resistance Box
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN17A
High voltage, sealed resistance box.
High Voltage Resistance Coil
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN17A
Wooden base, vertical support for coil. Sheathed in glass.
Resistance Box
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: SN17C
Poor condition, glass top cracked. Label illegible.
Reversing Switch Circuit
Reversing Switch Circuit
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: Attic
D.C. Low voltage reversing switch circuit. Switch connected, via series of capacitors, to small light bulb. All on painted white wooden base.
Reversing Switch Circuit
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: Attic
A.C. High voltage reversing switch circuit. Switch connected via series of capacitors to terminal which held large light bulb. All on painted white wooden base.
Standard Wavemeter
Standard Wavemeter
- Manufacturer: H. W. Sullivan
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: ST2B
Wooden box containing dials & terminals. '150 to 20,000 metres'.
Tangent Galvanometers
Tangent Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: F. E. Becker & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN16B/C
Wooden circular base with vertical brass coil holder with insulated coil. Each contain non-original compass by W. G. Pye & Co.
Tangent Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: W. G. Pye & Co.
- Country of Origin: Cambridge, England
- Serial Number: SN16C
Bakelite tripod base holding vertical coil holder with insulated coil. Also holds compass 664.
Tangent Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Nalder Bros. & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: ST2B
Wooden base with vertical brass loop with coil inside and out. Holds compass by W. G. Pye & Co. Ltd.
Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer
Thomson's Mirror Galvanometer
- Manufacturer: Elliot Bros.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL8.5D
Complete except for curved magnet & supporting rod for same.
Voltmeters
Millivoltmeter
- Manufacturer: General Electric Co.
- Country of Origin: Coventry, England
- Serial Number: ST1B
Large demonstration instrument in hardwood case.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2B
Large (~8" diameter) copper cased instrument needle display. 0-80 V range. Market Stanley Patent.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Weston
- Country of Origin: New Jersey, USA
- Serial Number: FL2B
Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-15V D.C.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Crompton Parkinson Limited
- Country of Origin: Leeds, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
- Related Link: Link
Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-20 Volts.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Mason; White Elec. Inst. Co. Ltd.
- Country of Origin: Dublin, Ireland; London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Scale 0-15 Volts.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer:
- Country of Origin:
- Serial Number: FL2B
Voltmeter on angled wooden support. Two scales: 0-75, 0-7.5 V.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Everett Edgcumbe
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
- Related Link: Link
2 1/2" diameter, letter 'E' printed on reverse. Scale 0-3500 Volts.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Leeds & Northrup Co.
- Country of Origin: Minworth England
- Serial Number: FL2B
- Related Link: http://www.leedsandnorthrup.co.uk/
Bulky black plastic casing. Scale -10-+10 (units unclear).
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Sangamo Weston Ltd.
- Country of Origin: Middlesex, England
- Serial Number: FL2B
- Related Link: Link
Voltmeter on angled hardwood base. Model 551.
Voltmeter
- Manufacturer: Weir Electronics
- Country of Origin: Bognor Regis, England
- Serial Number: FL2C
Plug-in voltmeter, with steel handle. DV Meter 500 Mk III.
Wheatstone Bridge
Wheatstone Bridge
- Manufacturer: Nalder Bros. & Co.
- Country of Origin: London, England
- Serial Number: SN9B
Complete in hardwood case. Formerly used for insulation testing.