Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TEST/DIFFERENTIAL/TELEGRAPH/ASTATIC/MOVING IRON
- DATE
- 1900–1909
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0703.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Elliott Bros.
- MODEL
- 1A
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 25
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MAHOGANY CASE/ METAL DIAL/ BRASS TERMINALS & FITTINGS/ GLASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 18.0 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
- Elliott
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
THIS TYPE OF GALVANOMETER WAS USED ON TELEGRAPH CIRCUITS & AS A TELEGRAPH TEST INSTRUMENTS IN THE EARLY 1900'S - Technical
-
THE IDEA FOR ATTACHING A MAGNET BENEATH THE NEEDLE IN ORDER TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELDORIGINATED WITH JAMES CUMMING OF CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. ANDRE AMPERE OF FRANCE, INITIATED A VERY POPULAR SYSTEM IN 1821.... (CONT'D ON WORKSHEET IN SUPP.INFO. & O:DRIVE SUPP. INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK PRINTED SCALE & 'Elliott Bros./ London' ON DIAL/ '25' STAMPED ON UNDERSIDE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ BRUSHED METAL DIAL/ BLACK NEEDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Elliott Bros., Galvanometer, between 1900–1909, Artifact no. 1984.0703, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0703.001/
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