Boys' torsion balance and components

Made:: 1889 in Cambridge

maker:: Charles Vernon Boys and The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company

Boys' torsion balance by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., 1889.

Details

Category:: Geophysics

Object Number:: 1891-99

Measurements:: overall: 7.725kg

type:: torsion apparatus

credit:: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co.

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Parts

Lead Spheres for Charles Vernon Boys' Gravitational Equipment, 1889

Mahogany wooden box containing two large lead spheres from Boys' Torsion Balance gravitational apparatus, 1889

Materials:: mahogany (wood) , pine (wood) , velvet , lead (metal) , steel (metal) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and paper (fibre product)

Object Number:: 1891-99 Pt2

type:: instruments case , gravitational measurement equipment and component

Box for torsion balance components

Empty box for parts on display, contained within 1891-99 pt.1, large section of Boys' Torsion Balance. [Note: A drawing of Boys' Apparatus also at this location (not on Inv.)]

Object Number:: 1891-99 Pt3

type:: containers

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Spheres from torsion balance

Two gold spheres from Boys' torsion balance, 1899.

Object Number:: 1891-99 Pt6

type:: spheres

Charles Vernon Boys' Gravitational Apparatus by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., 1889

Moulds in two parts for lead balls, used on Charles Vernon Boys' torsion balance, by R.W. Munro and the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co., England, 1889.