Bashforth's Chronograph with screens

Made:
1865-1875 in Horncastle
maker:
Francis Bashforth
Bashforth's Chronograph with screens

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Bashforth's Chronograph with screens, frame and weights, invented c. 1865.

Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Details

Category:
Time Measurement
Object Number:
1876-377
Materials:
paper (fiber product), cord (fiber product), cotton fibre, thread, brass (alloy), copper, wood, rotating, vertical, cylindrical, electrical properties, electromagnetic, timer and regulated
type:
chronograph - timer
credit:
The Reverend F. Bashforth.

Parts

Bashforth's Chronograph, England, 1865-70

Bashforth's Chronograph, England, 1865-70

Bashforth's Chronograph,used in experiments designed to measure and determine the resistance of air to the motion of projectiles, 1865-70

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Measurements:
overall: 1150 mm x 950 mm x 850 mm,
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass and iron
Object Number:
1876-377 Pt1
type:
instrument component and chronograph
Two wooden frames

Two wooden frames

Two wooden frames, parts of the screens belonging to Bashforth's chronograph

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt2
type:
instrument component and chronograph - timer
Ten weights for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Ten weights for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Ten weights for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3
type:
instrument component and chronograph
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/1
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/2
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/3
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/4
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/5
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/6
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/7
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/8
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/9
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt3/10
type:
weights
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Part of:
1876-377 Pt3
Display picture showing the records of rounds fired from the Whitworth 7-inch gun

Display picture showing the records of rounds fired from the Whitworth 7-inch gun

Display picture showing the records of rounds fired from the Whitworth 7-inch gun, using the Bashforth chronograph

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:
1876-377 Pt4
type:
photograph

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