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Description: | L.C.E. 109 (old departmental Catologue number in white paint). 0-90-(semicircular scale below the pointer).
MANU Unsigned. mid 19th century DES after SCHWEIGGER,Johann,Salomo,Christoph. 1820 Halle, Germany. DES after NOBILI,Leopoldo. 1825 Florence, Italy. DES after POUILLET,Claude,Servais,Mathias. 1839 Paris, France. This instrument is a low resistance moving magnet pointer galvanometer with a single fixed symetrical, parallel coils set up to ensure uniformity of field. This form of instrument was devised by Nobili to measure electric currents produced by contracting muscles. The discovery of the astatic pair is attributed to Professor Cumming of Cambridge and improvements to the arrangement were made by Leopoldo Nobili , Ann. de Chemie et Phys. T.XLIII, 1830. | 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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