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
- Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
More Information
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
- Quebec
- City
- Saint-Jérôme
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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