Antique Clockwork Electrical Pulse Apparatus by Cambridge Scientific
£175
Good antique condition clockwork electrical pulse machine - untested - looks complete.
Circa
1920
Maker
Cambridge Scientific
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
Offered for sale is an interesting clockwork mechanism that looks to be set up to produce timed electrical pulses – use/application is unknown and the item is untested.
The clockwork movement is from the USA and branded as follows:
Seth Thomas, Thomaston, Connecticut
Note: Seth Thomas (1785–1859) was a pioneering American clockmaker who established a massive manufacturing empire in Plymouth Hollow, Connecticut, which was renamed Thomaston in his honor in 1875. Founded in 1813, the company became a leading U.S. manufacturer of high-quality, affordable clocks, including mantel, wall, and tower clocks.
From looking at the mechanism it seems that the clockwork system can be set to produce a timed electronic signal/pulse via lifting the lever that’s dipped in a small pool of mercury, hence breaking and making a circuit.
Untested and being sold as a scientific curio and it makes a great display item with the glass dome.
The item will be well wrapped for transit.
Thanks for looking.
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Dealer information
Arcboutant Scientific
Arcboutant Scientific based in Glasgow Scotland, with an interest in scientific collectables dating back to 1988. Now making available carefully curated fine examples, principally of antique microscopes and associated scientific equipment by quality English and Continental makers, to collectors world-wide.
