General Information

Serial #

17039

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL MECHANISM/ BRASS PARTS/ WOOD CASE WITH GLASS WINDOW AND METAL HARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC SCALE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

34.5 cm

Width

29.5 cm

Height

37.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Industrial equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cambridge

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Cambridge

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1906+

Canada

PROBABLY USED IN CANADA. DISTRIBUTED BY THE CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD., MONTREAL

Function

AN INSTRUMENT CONTAINING A D'ARSONVAL GALVANOMETER, USED PRIMARILY IN INDUSTRIAL SITUATIONS TO RECORD ON A PAPER CHART TEMPERATURES MEASURED BY MEANS OF A THERMOCOUPLE.

Technical

DEVELOPED IN 1905-1906 BY HORACE DARWIN,FOUNDER & OWNER OF CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS CO. LTD., THE THREAD RECORDER WAS A SIMPLE BUT HIGHLY ACCURATE INSTRUMENT. IT WAS MADE BY CAMBRDIGE IN MUCH THE SAME FORM FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS, EVENTUALLY MADE OBSOLETE BY CHEAPER ELECTRONIC SERVO-SYSTEMS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ACROSS LOWER EDGE OF MECHANISM READS 'THE CAMBRIDGE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.' & 'CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND NO 17039'/ INCISED LETTERING ON BRASS CASING READS 'TAYLOR INSTRUMENT/ COMPANIES/ Rochester, N.Y.' & 'TAYLOR-CAMBRIDGE', WITH PATENT INFO./ BLACK LETTERING ON SCALE READING '426 HUNDREDS FAHRENHEIT XYZ' WITH MARKINGS FOR 0 TO 30/ PLATE ON CASE FRONT READS 'HUGHES-OWENS CO. LTD./ MONTREAL'

Missing

THREAD

Finish

BLACK PAINTED MECHANISM/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ BROWN STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE SCALE

Decoration

N/A