Callendar Electrical Temperature Indicator, 1894

Made:: 1894 in London

maker:: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company and Hugh Longbourne Callendar

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Callendar patent electrical temperature indicator, in mahogany case fitted with dry cell batteries, by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company, London, England, 1894

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Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1950-259

Materials:: silver plated, iron, steel (metal), wood (unidentified), textile, ivory, bitumen, carbon, paper (fibre product), glass, copper (metal), mica, mahogany (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 335 mm x 285 mm x 205 mm, , 11.98kg

type:: temperature indicator dial (electrical/electronic), component and pyrometer

credit:: Leica Microsystems Cambridge Ltd

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Callendar Electrical Temperature Indicator, 1894

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