Galvanometer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFLECTING MIRROR/THOMSON'S
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2431.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ziegler Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, 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
- BRASS CASING & STAND, PARTS/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC? INTERIOR PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.0 cm
- Width
- 22.0 cm
- Height
- 54.7 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
- Ziegler
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Maine
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION 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. THIS TYPE OF SENSITIVE GALVANOMETER WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BYBRITISH SCIENTIST WILLIAM THOMSON (1824-1907, LATER LORD KELVIN) [REFS. 2-3]. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON CASING BACK READS "ZIEGLER ELEC. CO./ MANUFACTURERS/ BOSTON"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED METAL/ BLACK INTERIOR/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ziegler Electric Co., Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1992.2431, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2431.001/
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