Mercury interrupter consisting of large cylindrical cast-iron vessel with carrying handle

Made:: 1910-1920 in Paris

maker:: Gaiffe, Adolphe

Mercury interrupter consisting of large cylindrical cast-iron

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Mercury interrupter consisting of large cylindrical cast-iron
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Mercury interrupter consisting of large cylindrical cast-iron vessel with carrying handle, made by A. Gaiffe, Paris, French 1910-1920

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Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A180471

Materials:: iron, steel and vulcanite

type:: interrupters

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Mercury interrupter consisting of large cylindrical cast-iron vessel with carrying handle

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