Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFLECTING/WALL
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2393.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Leeds & Northrup Co.
- MODEL
- 5944
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ FABRIC COVERED WIRING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.5 cm
- Width
- 22.6 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Leeds Northrup
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION WAS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA & WAS DONATED TO NMST IN 1992. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING EXISTENCE & DETERMINING STRENGTH OF SMALL ELECTRIC CURRENTS. - Technical
-
REFLECTING OR MIRROR GALVANOMETERS USE BEAM OF LIGHT REFLECTED OFF MIRROR & ON TO SCALE TO PRODUCE READINGS, IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE EFFECTS OF EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. WALL GALVANOMETERS WERE MOUNTED ON SOLID WALL TO PREVENT VIBRATION, & TELESCOPE & CURVED SCALE USED TODETERMINE DEFLECTION OF GALVANOMETER (REFS. 2&3). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON BASE READS "THE LEEDS AND NORTHRUP CO./ SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS/ PHILADELPHIA"/ INCISED WHITE "5944" ON BASE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BASE STAINED BROWN & VARNISHED/ GOLD COLOURED METAL/ BROWN SYNTHETIC/ GREEN WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Leeds & Northrup Co., Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2393, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2393.001/
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