Summary
Silk cocoon fibre in a cardboard cylinder. Used at Melbourne Observatory, possibly to suspend the magnet in a galvanometer or in other scientific measuring equipment.
Physical Description
A length of white silk thread wound around a cardboard cylinder, wrapped in paper and placed inside a larger yellowed cardboard cylinder. The cylinder has an inscription written on the outside in black ink, lead pencil and blue pencil.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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User
Melbourne Observatory, South Yarra, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Inscriptions
On cylinder: Silk/Cocoon Fibre/L&S+HL
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Overall Dimensions
235 mm (Length), 54 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement of object inside cylinder.
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