Black and white photos of Boys's apparatus used in repeating the 'Cavendish experiment' at the Clarendon Laboratory

Made:
circa 1890
maker:
Charles Vernon Boys

[B & w photos (18) of C.V. Boys's apparatus used in repeating the 'Cavendish experiment' at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford. 12 photos are mounted on board, one on card. All but one show the apparatus as set up in the basement of the Clarendon Laboratory]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
2000-1187
Measurements:
[each] 110mm x 150mm [or less]
type:
b & w photos

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