Galvanometer

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OBJECT TYPE: TEST EQUIPMENT/MIRROR/MOVING COIL
DATE: 1919
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0616.001

MANUFACTURER: TINSLEY, H. & CO.
MODEL: SR-4-45
LOCATION: St-Jerome, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 1188
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CABINET, cadmium, glass, plastic

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 26.6 cm
Width: 15.9 cm
Height: 18.4 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: Québec
City: St-Jerome

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1880 TO PRESENT
Canada: THIS GALVANOMETER WAS USED AT AND DONATED BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL. MADE BY A CANADIAN FIRM IN AN AREA DOMINATED BY US, UK & GERMAN COMPANIES. TINSLEY'S PARENT FIRMWAS BRITISH.
Function: TO MEASURE SMALL CURRENTS
Technical: HELPED TO DETERMINE VERY SMALL CURRENTS/ ANCESTORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENT WERE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & 'FISHBONE GALVANOMETER' INVENTED BY MARCEL DEPREZ (1880)... (SEE COMPLETE WORKSHEET IN O:DRIVE SUPP. INFO.)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: APPARENTLY NOT
Finish: VARNISHED WOOD BOX/ HAS HINGED LID
Decoration: N/A

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TINSLEY, H. & CO., Galvanometer, circa 1919, Artifact no. 1975.0616, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0616.001/

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