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Trial Variometer by J.J. Manley

Inventory Number 58882


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.58882

Item type
Object
Physical material
Metal
Wood
Mica
Dimensions
Diameter: 94mm Height: 197mm Weight: 127g
Inventory No
58882

Description

Wooden ring suspended by 4 metal legs. Each leg has bracket holding a sheet of mica and they are connected by very fine wires. Balanced across ring a detached trapezoid sheet of mica with many wires threaded through it. Triangular bracket on the top supporting small cylindrical fixing.