Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOVING COIL/MIRROR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0688.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Leeds & Northrup
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 18747
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL/ PLASTIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.6 cm
- Width
- 9.5 cm
- Height
- 93.3 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
- Leeds Northrup
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
ARTIFACTS WAS USED AT AND DONATED BY MCGILL UNIVERSITY, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. - Function
-
MEASURING ELECTRICAL CURRENT - Technical
-
ANCESTORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENTS WERE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & 'FISHBONE GALVANOMETER' INVENTED BY MARCELDEPREZ (1880). JACQUES D'ARSONVAL SUGGESTED FIXING 'FISHBONE' IN DEPREZ'S INSTRUMENT & MAKING ITS COIL MOVEABLE... (SEE COMPLETE WS IN O:DRIVE SUPP. INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Leeds & Northrup, Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1977.0688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0688.001/
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