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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1977.0295.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Brass/ wood/ glass/ silver plate

Dimensions

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

Length
52.1 cm
Width
25.4 cm
Height
57.2 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Physics
Category
Geophysics
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Alberta
Period
1906-1954
Canada
This instrument was standardized at KEW Magnetic Observatory in 1906, in England and was the standardized instrument for the measurement of the horizontal intensity H of the earth's magnetic field at Agincourt Magnetic Observatory (near Toronto) from 1906 to 1932. From 1932 to 1954 it served as the standard for the measurement of H at Meanook Magnetic Observatory, north of Edmonton, Alberta.
Function
Measures horizontal intensity of earths magnetic field, and the angle between true and magnetic north.
Technical
This instrument was provided with two magnets - one long and one short. The long magnet is hollow, and contains a collimating lens and a glass scale. To measure the magnetic declination, it was suspended by a strand of silk and its direction was observed with the lower telescope. The direction of geographic north was determined from the sun or stars by the upper telescope and mirror. The intensity of the horizontal component of the geomagnetic field was determined by the method attributed to Gauss and Weber. First, the period of oscillation of the long magnet was measured. It depends on the moment of inertia of the magnet, and on its magnetic moment times the horizontal intensity. Then, the short magnet, which is provided with a mirror, is suspended on the fibre. The long magnet is placed on the deflection bar an accurately known distance from the short magnet. The angle by which the long magnet deflects the short magnet depends on the ratio of the long magnet's magnetic moment to the horizontal intensity. From the product and the ratio, both the magnetic moment of the long magnet, and the horizontal intensity can be calculated.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
A thermometer which fitted into the taped hole in the top of the oscillation box, and the inertia bar
Finish
Dark (black)/ (oxydized?)
Decoration
N/A

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