Balance, current
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/AC-DC
- DATE
- 1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0093.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Kelvin & White, James Ltd.
- MODEL
- LORD KELVIN'S ELECTRIC BALANCE
- LOCATION
- Glasgow, Scotland
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 966
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS CASE WITH GLASS WINDOWS/ STEEL, BRASS COPPER AND IRON WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.5 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 18.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Kelvin
- Country
- Scotland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Glasgow
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY PART OF 20TH C
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF ACCURATE AND PRECISE INSTRUMENT USED IN CANADA TO MEASURE ELECTRIC CURRENT. - Function
-
USED TO ACCURATELY MEASURE ELECTRIC CURRENT IN AMPERES. - Technical
-
KELVIN DEVELOPED A COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENT USING THE FORM DEVELOPED BY LORD RAYLEIGH FOR DETERMINING THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF CURRENT. THIS ARTIFACT IS BASED ON KELVIN'S PATENTS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON BASE PLATE: 'LORD KELVIN'S/ PATENTS/ ELECTRIC BALANCE/ NO 966/ KELVIN & JAMES WHITE LTD./ GLASGOW & LONDON'/ ON FRONT: 'VOLTS' 'WATTS'/ SCALE FROM '4' TO '50' AND '0' TO '66'
- Missing
- SET OFWEIGHTS, BUT WEIGHTS CAT. # 970105-970107 COULD PROBABLY BE USED WITH THE BALANCE.
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS/ PARTS OF COIL HOLDES PAINTED GLOSS BLACK/ CLEAR GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Kelvin & White, James Ltd., Balance, current, after 1888, Artifact no. 1997.0093, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0093.001/
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