Current meter with box designed by W G Price

Box for current meter designed by W G Price

Box for current meter designed by W G Price in 1885, made by W & L E Gurley, Troy, New York, USA, 1911-1913.

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Meters like these were designed to measure the direction and velocity of currents in seas and rivers – a challenging observation to make accurately, especially from a moving ship. This instrument, by American instrument maker W & L E Gurley, was first designed in the early 1900s and underwent many modifications until the 1930s.

This particular example was loaned from the Science Museum for use by the River Tees Survey in 1929.

Materials:: wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1913-202 Pt1

type:: box - container

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Current meter designed by W G Price

Current meter designed by W G Price in 1885, made by W & L E Gurley, Troy, New York, USA, 1911-1913.

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Meters like these were designed to measure the direction and velocity of currents in seas and rivers – a challenging observation to make accurately, especially from a moving ship. This instrument, by American instrument maker W & L E Gurley, was first designed in the early 1900s and underwent many modifications until the 1930s.

This particular example was loaned from the Science Museum for use by the River Tees Survey in 1929.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , steel (metal) and copper (metal)

Object Number:: 1913-202 Pt2

type:: meter and current meter (water)

Current meter designed by W G Price

Current meter with propeller and bucket wheel designed by W G Price in 1885, made by W & L E Gurley, Troy, New York, USA, 1911-1913.

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Meters like these were designed to measure the direction and velocity of currents in seas and rivers – a challenging observation to make accurately, especially from a moving ship. This instrument, by American instrument maker W & L E Gurley, was first designed in the early 1900s and underwent many modifications until the 1930s.

This particular example was loaned from the Science Museum for use by the River Tees Survey in 1929.

Materials:: metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1913-202 Pt2/1

type:: meter

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1913-202 Pt2

Weighted keel from current meter with box designed by W G Price

Brass rod and weighted component, perhaps keel, from current meter designed by W G Price in 1885, made by W & L E Gurley, Troy, New York, USA, 1911-1913.

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Meters like these were designed to measure the direction and velocity of currents in seas and rivers – a challenging observation to make accurately, especially from a moving ship. This instrument, by American instrument maker W & L E Gurley, was first designed in the early 1900s and underwent many modifications until the 1930s.

This particular example was loaned from the Science Museum for use by the River Tees Survey in 1929.

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1913-202 Pt2/2

type:: weights

Part of:: 1913-202 Pt2

Wooden section of box for current meter designed by W G Price

Rectangular wooden section of box for current meter designed by W G Price in 1885, made by W & L E Gurley, Troy, New York, USA, 1911-1913.

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Meters like these were designed to measure the direction and velocity of currents in seas and rivers – a challenging observation to make accurately, especially from a moving ship. This instrument, by American instrument maker W & L E Gurley, was first designed in the early 1900s and underwent many modifications until the 1930s.

This particular example was loaned from the Science Museum for use by the River Tees Survey in 1929.