Harris's balance electrometer, 1840-74.
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Harris's Balance Electrometer
Snow Harris (1840-1874) designed this instrument in 1834 to compare the quantity of electricity imparted to a substance with its attractive power. In an experiment similar to Petrus van Musschenbroek's concerning magnetism a century before in 1725, he weighed the force of the electric attraction on a balance. The instrument was made by J. Newman.
Details
- Category:
- King George III
- Object Number:
- 1927-1190
- Materials:
- brass, glass, boxwood, lignum vitae and mahogany
- type:
- electrometer and balance electrometer
- copyright:
- Unlinked Name
- credit:
- King's College, London
