Photograph of Oertling balance used by Prof. Poynt

maker:: L Oertling

Photograph of Oertling balance used by Prof. Poynting, in 1878, for his "Determination of the Mean Density of the Earth and the Gravitation Constant".

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Category:: Geophysics

Object Number:: 1921-31

type:: photograph

taxonomy:

visual and verbal communication

credit:: National Physical Laboratory.

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