Sinker and valved tube with detaching appliance

Made:
1870-1876
designer:
William Baron Kelvin Thomson

Sinker and valved tube with detaching appliance, for pianoforte wire sounding machine, c.1873.

Details

Category:
Oceanography
Object Number:
1876-740
type:
mechanical sounders
credit:
Donated by Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin).

Parts

Kelvin's Sounding Tube Sampler, 1873-1876

Kelvin's Sounding Tube Sampler, 1873-1876

(Lord Kelvin) Sir William Thomson's sinker and valved tube, with detaching appliance, 1873-76.

Measurements:
overall: 35 mm x 240 mm x 210 mm, 1.49kg
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , iron and rope fibre
Object Number:
1876-740 Pt1
type:
marine and sampler
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Weight from Sir William Thomson's sinker and valved tube

Weight from Sir William Thomson's sinker and valved tube

Weight from Sir William Thomson's sinker and valved tube, with detaching appliance (1876-740 pt1), c.1873.

Object Number:
1876-740 Pt2
type:
weights
Fibre box containing two heavy weights

Fibre box containing two heavy weights

Fibre box containing two heavy weights, from 1876-740 pt.1. Missing fibre box at present, c.1873.

Object Number:
1876-740 Pt3
type:
weights

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