Air-Compression type Depth Gauges, 1880

Triple Depth Gauge, one of two, with tinplate cover, by Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin) and James White of Glasgow, 1880

Details

Category:
Oceanography
Object Number:
1918-26 Pt1
Materials:
hemp rope (possibly original), solder, brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, iron, tin plated, sealing wax and textile
Measurements:
overall: 2.725kg
main object: x 420 mm x , 60 mm,
case: x 520 mm x , 83 mm,
type:
instrument component and sounder
credit:
Admiralty Hydrographic Office

Parts

1918-26 Pt1/1

1918-26 Pt1/1

Object Number:
1918-26 Pt1/1
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
1918-26 Pt1/2

1918-26 Pt1/2

Object Number:
1918-26 Pt1/2
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum