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Description: | KAG.7. (Green and Lloyd catalogue number) (in white paint). E107 (old departmental Catologue number in black cellire)
MANU Unsigned. after 1825 DES after CUMMING,James,Reverend. 1821 Trinity College, Cambridge, England. DES after SCHWEIGGER,Johann,Salomo,Christoph. 1820 Halle, Germany. DES after NOBILI,Leopoldo. 1825 Florence, Italy. This instrument is a low resistance moving magnet pointer galvanometer with two fixed symetrical, parallel coils set up to ensure uniformity of field. Cumming first used an astaic pair of magnets one suspended and one placed under the suspended needle. The suspended astatic pair was first used by Leopoldo Nobili , Ann. de Chemie et Phys. T.XLIII, 1830. On loan to the Physics and Astronomy Department EXIT NUMBER 2092 it is object 2 in display case D Kelvin & 'the New Professors', in room 470, The Kelvin Building, Department of Physics and Astronomy Glasgow University. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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