Resistance Box
Maker and role
Evershed and Vignoles Limited, Manufacturer
Object detail
Accession number
1978.1931
Description
Wooden box containing resistance testing equipment: four dials and cord with forked ends. Box has leather handle and maker's plate and instructions for use on underside of lid. The lid is hinged and ahs a circular metal latch on the front so sealing. There is a paper instruction label with step by step guide to the process, with diagram, affixed to the inner lid.
Marks
EVERSHED'S PATENT / DIRECT READING RESISTANCE BOX / No. 57404 Maximum 9999 Ohms / EVERSHED & VIGNOLES LTD / LONDON Maker's Plate
EVERSHED'S PATENT "BRIDGE-MEGGER" TESTING SET, WITH DIRECT READING RESISTANCE BOX/ REG. TRADE MARK: "MEGGER." Label
EVERSHED & VIGNOES, Ltd., Acton Lane Works, Chiswick, LONDON, W. Maker's Mark
EVERSHED'S PATENT "BRIDGE-MEGGER" TESTING SET, WITH DIRECT READING RESISTANCE BOX/ REG. TRADE MARK: "MEGGER." Label
EVERSHED & VIGNOES, Ltd., Acton Lane Works, Chiswick, LONDON, W. Maker's Mark
Media/Materials
Credit Line
Evershed and Vignoles Limited. Resistance Box, 1978.1931. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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