Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Helmholtz-type tangent galvanometer. Engraved: "Elliott Bros., London, 101 Martins Lane." Painted: "E-140". Two coils 6" apart, conical winding.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Elliott Brothers
- date made
- wood
- glass
- brass
- copper
- cloth
- ca 1870
- Credit Line
- from Wabash College, Physics Dept., thru Robert L. Henry
- Measurements
- overall: 16 1/2 in x 13 1/4 in x 10 in; 41.91 cm x 33.655 cm x 25.4 cm
- Object Name
- Galvanometer, Tangent
- galvanometer
- Other Terms
- Galvanometer, Tangent; Measuring Devices
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