timer
- Museum number
- 1958,1006.3097
- Description
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Metal cylindrical timing device; two flexes attached; central dial; one pointer; quarter of dial coloured red; on/off switch below.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Remote contactor as used in WW2 Spitfire planes. Clockwork timing device that would broadcast a constant tone (pipsqueak) for 14 seconds every minute, allowing ground-based stations to locate them.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- The Ilbert Collection of clocks, prints and other related material was destined to be sold at Christie's auction house on 6th-7th November 1958. As a result of the generous donation of funds by Gilbert Edgar CBE the sale was cancelled and the material purchased privately from the beneficiaries of the Ilbert Estate.
Ilbert's watches were then acquired with further funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE, public donations and government funds. These were then registered in the series 1958,1201.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1006.3097
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.3097 (Ilbert Collection)