Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BALLISTIC
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2394.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Queen & Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 27E
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD BASE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC 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
- 19.8 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 30.0 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
- Queen
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- South Carolina
- 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 USED TO MEASURE QUANTITY OF ELECTRICAL CHARGE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF BALLISTIC GALVANOMETER WHICH LIKE OTHER GALVANOMETER HAS COIL WHICH ROTATES BETWEEN MAGNETS BUT DIFFERS IN HAVING LARGE MOMENT OF INERTIA. THIS ENABLES IT TO BE USED TO MEASURE QUANTITY OF CHARGE RATHER THAN CURRENTS (REF. 2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED WHITE LETTERING ON BASE READS "Queen & Co. Makers/ Philad.a/ 27E"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK BASE/ DARK FINISHED CASING WITH GOLD COLOURED EDGING, FEET/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ GREEN WIRE COVERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Queen & Co., Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2394, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2394.001/
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