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Description: | KE.6. (Green and Lloyd catalogue number in White paint). Kelvin bequest number 5 (in red cellire) DES THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. circa 1865 MANU [J. White] circa 1865 [16, 18 and 20, Cambridge Street, Glasgow] [Scotland] Range 200-5000volts. The attracted plate is situated above the attracting disc. The instrument is calibrated and read via a lens focused on a projection from the attracted plate which was zeroed by the application of a charge from a laboratory replenisher connected via a seperate electrometer known as the "gauge" to the attracting disc. On loan to the Physics and Astronomy Department EXIT NUMBER 2092 it is object 1 in display case C 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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