Balance

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OBJECT TYPE: HIBBERT'S/PORTABLE
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0236.001

MANUFACTURER: Pye, W.G. & C0.
MODEL: ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE PATTERN
LOCATION: Cambridge, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOODEN BASE & RULE; METAL COMPONENTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.3 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 18.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Magnetism
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Pye
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Cambridge

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS BALANCE PROBABLY USED C. 1920S +.
Canada: PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHYSICS LABORATORY AND CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATION APPARATUS FROM MCMASTER UNIVERSITY. FOUNDED IN 1887 MCMASTER WAS ORIGINALLY A BAPTIST INSTITUTION, AND WAS LOCATED IN TORONTO. IN 1930 THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS STUDENT POPULATION OF 500 WAS MOVED TO HAMILTON, ONT. (REF. 1)
Function: TO MEASURE MAGNETIC POLE STRENGTHS, CURRENTS, AND INTENSITIES OF THE EQUITORIAL AND AXIAL FIELDS OF A MAGNET.
Technical: INVENTED BY W. HIBBERT, OF LONDON'S REGENT STREET POLYTECHNIC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 Decal applied to base reads " W.G. PYE & CO./ ENG./ CAMBRIDGE ". Indicator scale divided +10-0-10+; horizontal and vertical scales divided in centimeters.
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE. From CA of 12/11/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Pye, W.G. & C0., Balance, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1998.0236, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0236.001/

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