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Description: | 0-100 (scale divisions on the end of each cylinder. 1-5 (printed on paper labels and attached from left to right on the control bar). MANU Unsigned. 1876 DES THOMSON,William,Lord,1st Baron Kelvin of Largs. circa 1877 DES after THOMSON,James,Professor. 1876 Glasgow, Scotland. DES after FOURIER,Jean,Baptiste,Joseph. 1822 Paris, France. This meteorological analyser (planimeter) is a variant of the disc-sphere-cylinder integrator invented by Kelvin's brother James Thomson in 1876. Examples of this type of instrument were used to determine the harmonic coefficients required for tidal prediction. | 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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