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Description: | KV.8. (Green and Lloyd, 1970 catalogue number in white paint). LORD KELVIN'S MULTICELLULAR VOLT METER No. 20535 KELVIN BOTTOMLEY & BAIRD LTD LATE KELVIN & JAS WHITE LTD GLASGOW & LONDON (engraved on a maker's trade plate). PROPERTY OF THE CARNEGIE TRUST (engraved on a plate screwed to the top of the instrument). MANU Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd circa 1940 Scotland. DES THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. 1888 This is a form of torsional balance, based on the 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. This instrument was used in the range 0-240 v. The dash pot which was filled with oil contains 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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