Battery induction apparatus

Made:: 1870-1910 in Paris

maker:: Gaiffe, Adolphe

Battery induction apparatus

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Battery induction apparatus, electrotherapeutic machine, by A. Gaiffe, Paris, French, 1870-1910

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A602804

Materials:: box, mahogany

Measurements:: box: length 170 mm
box: width 100 mm

type:: electrotherapy equipment

credit:: Down Bros Limited

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Parts

Induction coil with oscillating magnetic contact

Induction coil with oscillating magnetic contact

Induction coil with oscillating magnetic contact

Measurements:: length 69 mm
diameter 26 mm

Materials:: coil, copper (lacquered) , core & oscillator, iron (soft) , spring, brass and head

Object Number:: A602804 Pt1

type:: induction coils

Two batteries in casing

Two batteries in casing

Two batteries in casing

Measurements:: length 75 mm
diameter 24 mm

Materials:: case, vulcanite and plates, lead (soft white metal)

Object Number:: A602804 Pt2

type:: batteries

Phial of powder

Phial of powder

Phial of powder

Measurements:: length 75 mm
diameter 18 mm

Materials:: phial, glass , stopper, rubber and powder, sodium chloride, perhaps

Object Number:: A602804 Pt3

type:: phials

Two electric leads

Two electric leads

Two electric leads

Measurements:: length 1100 mm

Materials:: terminals, brass and covering, cotton, red and green

Object Number:: A602804 Pt4

type:: electric leads

Sprung switch

Sprung switch

Sprung switch

Measurements:: length 25 mm

Materials:: whole, brass

Object Number:: A602804 Pt5

type:: sprung switches

Two electrodes with mahogany handles

Two electrodes with mahogany handles

Two electrodes with mahogany handles

Measurements:: length 60 mm

Materials:: handles, mahogany and electrodes, brass

Object Number:: A602804 Pt6

type:: electrodes