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Description: | KGy.4. (Green and Lloyd catalogue number in white paint). 15 (Kelvin collection number in red cellire). MANU Unsigned. after 1846 DES after FOUCAULT,Jean,Bernard,Léon. 1852 Paris, France. DES THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. 1874 Glasgow, Scotland. Used by Kelvin in class demonstrations. Kelvin had a great interest in things which rotated since he was keen to model the theories which he constructed for the "vortex atom". This is a friction drive instrument in the form of an enclosed top. On loan to the Physics and Astronomy Department EXIT NUMBER 2092 it is object 16 in display case A 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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