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Bashforth's Chronograph with screens

Made:: 1865-1875 in Horncastle

maker:: Francis Bashforth

Bashforth's Chronograph with screens

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Bashforth's Chronograph with screens, frame and weights, invented c. 1865.

Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1876-377

Materials:: paper (fiber product), cord (fiber product), cotton fibre, thread, brass (alloy), copper, wood, rotating, vertical, cylindrical, electrical properties, electromagnetic, timer and regulated

type:: chronograph - timer

credit:: The Reverend F. Bashforth.

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Bashforth's Chronograph, England, 1865-70

Bashforth's Chronograph, England, 1865-70

Bashforth's Chronograph,used in experiments designed to measure and determine the resistance of air to the motion of projectiles, 1865-70

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Measurements:: overall: 1150 mm x 950 mm x 850 mm,

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass and iron

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt1

type:: instrument component and chronograph

Two wooden frames

Two wooden frames

Two wooden frames, parts of the screens belonging to Bashforth's chronograph

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt2

type:: instrument component and chronograph - timer

Ten weights for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Ten weights for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Ten weights for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3

type:: instrument component and chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/1

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/2

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/3

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/4

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/5

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/6

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/7

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/8

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/9

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, for use with Bashforth's Chronograph

Weight, one of ten, for use with screens of Bashforth's chronograph

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt3/10

type:: weights

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: 1876-377 Pt3

Display picture showing the records of rounds fired from the Whitworth 7-inch gun

Display picture showing the records of rounds fired from the Whitworth 7-inch gun

Display picture showing the records of rounds fired from the Whitworth 7-inch gun, using the Bashforth chronograph

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Bashforth's chronograph was exhibited at the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum in 1876.

Object Number:: 1876-377 Pt4

type:: photograph