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Kelvin Astatic Mirror Galvanometer, by Cambridge Scientific Company Ltd, Cambridge, c. 1905

Inventory Number 57029


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.57029

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Radcliffe Observatory.
Object type
Galvanometer
Dimensions
Height: 500mm Width: 145mm Depth: 185mm
Inventory No
57029

Description

A galvanometer used for measuring small electrical currents. A mirror reflects a beam of light on to a scale when a scale is detected.