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Description: | Hunterian Museum G. 1986.110 (typed on a gummed white label, removed). R=4.8 "ohm" T=117 , r = 8.75 cm MED. TG.11., 117 and 12 (in white paint hand applied). 117, 12 (stamped into the wooden base of the instrument adjacent to the three terminals). Also -, - and +.W. B. NICOLSON SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKER GLASGOW (on makers bone trade plate). MANU W.B. Nicolson. late 19th early 20th century 54, Garnet Hill, Glasgow, Scotland DES after JOULE,James,Prescott. circa 1843 Manchester England DES after SCHWEIGGER,Johann,Salomo,Christoph. 1820 Halle, Germany. This tangent galvanometer originally designed by Joule was a standard pattern used by experimentalists and students in the 19th century. On loan to the Physics and Astronomy Department EXIT NUMBER 2092 it is object 3 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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