Galvanometer

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OBJECT TYPE: LABORATORY/MIRROR/MOVING COIL/AC
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0667.001

MANUFACTURER: Tinsley, H. & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: SR1
LOCATION: St-Jerome, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 1822
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD CASE/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.2 cm
Width: 16.0 cm
Height: 15.2 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: Tinsley
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: St-Jerome

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: THESE ARTIFACTS WERE DONATED BY THE CCAC. NO PROVENANCE IS KNOWN. MADE BY A CANADIAN FIRM IN AN AREA DOMINATED BY US, UK & GERMAN COMPANIES. TINSLEY'S PARENT FIRM WAS BRITISH.
Function: AN INSTRUMENT FOR DETECTING THE EXISTENCE & DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF SMALL ELECTRIC CURRENTS
Technical: ANCESTORS OF MOVING COIL INSTRUMENTSWERE 'SIPHON RECORDER' DEV'D BY WILLIAM THOMSON (1867) FOR TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY & 'FISHBONE GALVANOMETER' INVENTED BY MARCEL DEPREZ (1880S). JACQUEST D'ARSONVAL SUGGESTED FIXING 'FISHBONE' OF DEPREZ'S INSTRUMENT & MAKING ITS COIL MOVEABLE... (SEE COMPLETE WS IN S.I. & O:DRIVE S.I.)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 PLATE READING 'GALVANOMETER/ TYPE SR1, 50 CYCLES/ NO. 1822/ H. TINSLEY & CO. LTD./ ST. JEROME, P.Q.'/.2 PLATE READING 'GALVANOMETER/ TYPE SR1, 25 CYCLES/ NO. 1823/ H. TINSLEY & CO. LTD./ ST. JEROME, P.Q.'/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'L278' ON EACH, WITH SAME NUMBER INCISED BY HAND & WRITTEN IN BLACK ON.2
Missing: N/A
Finish: WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ INTERIOR PAINTED FLAT BLACK/ PLATED METAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC FEET
Decoration: N/A

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Tinsley, H. & Co. Ltd., Galvanometer, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.0667, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1984.0667.001/

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