Bifilar magnetometer on tripod stand

Made:: 1850

Bifilar magnetometer on tripod stand, part of the self-registering declinometer and bifilar magnetometer apparatus designed by Charles Brooke, c. 1850.

Details

Category:: Terrestrial Magnetism

Object Number:: 1876-841

type:: magnetometer

credit:: Brooke, Charles

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Parts

Glass parts in correx box

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: 1876-841 Pt1

type:: glass

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Bifilar magnetometer, designed by Charles Brooke

Bifilar magnetometer, c.1850, designed by Brooke

Object Number:: 1876-841 Pt2

type:: magnetometer

Tripod stand for Bifilar magnetometer

Stand - support furniture, Tripod stand for Bifilar magnetometer

Materials:: metal (unknwon)

Object Number:: 1876-841 Pt2/1

type:: stand - support furniture

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-841 Pt2

Base of Bifilar magnetometer

Materials:: metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1876-841 Pt2/2

type:: base - object component

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-841 Pt2

Component of Bifilar magnetometer

A box like component for Bifilar magnetometer, with some metal pipes coming out the end and a glass end.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , metal (unknown) and glass

Object Number:: 1876-841 Pt3

type:: component

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

tube component for Bifilar magnetometer

A tube component for Bifilar magnetometer, possibly made of glass.

Object Number:: 1876-841/4

type:: component

Tripod stand for Bifilar magnetometer

Tripod stand for Bifilar magnetometer, part of the self-registering declinometer and bifilar magnetometer apparatus designed by Charles Brooke, c. 1850.

Materials:: wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1876-841/5

type:: tripod

Magnet, speculum part of bifilar magnetometer

Magnet, speculum part of 1876-841 -Bifilar magnetometer c.1850, designed by Brooke.

Object Number:: 1876-841/6

type:: speculum

Apparatus for producing an automatic temperature compensation

Apparatus for producing an automatic temperature compensation, part of (1876-841) the self-registering declinometer and bifilar magnetometer apparatus designed by Charles Brooke, c. 1850.