Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MIRROR/MOVING COIL
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0227.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tinsley, H. & Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 4789
- LOCATION
- Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1644
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER TERMINALS ON FRONT OF METER;A SMALL MIRROR VISIBLE THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW; TWO THUMB SCREWS (1) 'ZERO' ADJUST, (2) 'CLAMP'; SMALL LEVEL BUBBLE BETWEEN TERMINALS; COLOUR, GREY METAL; IN GREY FLECKED BOX (8" X 8" X 17" HIGH); TEST FIGURES (FOR TYPE 4789 GALVANOMETER)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.3 cm
- Width
- 20.3 cm
- Height
- 43.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Tinsley
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Saint-Jérôme
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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ANCESTORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENTS: THE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & "FISHBONE GALVANOMETER" INVENTED BY MARCEL DEPREZ (1880). JACQUES D'ARSONVAL SUGGESTED FIXING "FISHBONE" IN DEPREZ'S INSTRUMENT & MAKING ITS COIL MOVEABLE... (SEE COMPLETE WS IN O:DRIVE S.I.) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tinsley, H. & Co. Ltd., Galvanometer, before 1960, Artifact no. 1971.0227, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0227.001/
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