Record

RefNoMOB/078
LevelItem
TitleThermocouple by Hilger & Watts Limited
ArtistHilger & Watts Limited
Datec.1950
DescriptionCommercially manufactured Schwarz thermocouple. The instrument has been marked in pen: ‘0.310’. There is a maker’s logo and manufacturing details engraved on the outer case of the object: ‘HILGER MADE IN ENGLAND F.T.10.301/51203’. An original card label with string is associated with the object: ‘0.301 Used by Dr. Harding.’
Extent1 instrument
ObjectNameScientific Instrument
MaterialsAluminium, copper
Dimensionsl 155 x d 37mm
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenancePurchased by A.J. Harding following a Government grant application to the Royal Society; and presented by Harding in September 1953
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-12503
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