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Description: | KV.7.(Green and Lloyd. 1970 catalogue number in white paint). E194 (old departmental catalogue number in black cellire). Makers trade plate "LORD KELVIN'S PATENTS. MULTICELLULAR VOLTMETER No. 892. JAMES WHITE GLASGOW" MANU James White. After 1892 16, 18 and 20, Cambridge Street, Glasgow Scotland. DES THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. 1888 This is a form of torsional balance, based on the quadrant electrometer, having a series of vanes, in a vertical column of quadrants, supported by a platino-iridum strip. Instruments of this type were used to measure a variety of ranges of voltages between 40 and 20,000 volts. The dash pot which was filled with oil contained a vane attached to the suspension which provided damping and a dead beat action. | 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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