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, with detaching appliance (1876-740 pt1), c.1873.

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, from 1876-740 pt.1. Missing fibre box at present, c.1873.

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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