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Description: | LCE 35 (old depertmental catalogue number in aluminium paint. LCE 35 NP 390 ( Hunterian Museum number written in red pen on a preprinted gummed label, removed). WB NICOLSON PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER GLASGOW (on bone or ivory makers trade plate). MANU W.B. Nicolson. late 19th early 20th century 54, Garnet Hill, Glasgow, Scotland DES OERSTED,Hans,Christian. 1819 Copenhagen, Denmark This apparatus is more normally called a single loop Oersted's apparatus. when a current passes through the copper loop the magnet is deflected. Note there is no deflection with a steady current. The amount the needle is deflected is proprtional to the current flowing in the loop. This is the basic principle of the Galvanometer. On loan to the Physics and Astronomy Department EXIT NUMBER 2092 it is object 1 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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