Parts of William Froude's original Resistance Dynamometer

Made:
1870 in Torquay
designer:
Robert Edmund Froude
and
William Froude

Parts of William Froude's original Resistance Dynamometer (1871) used in his researches on surface tension and ship resistance consisting of 1) Lever and index arm 2) counterweights 3) pivot 4) wood framing, by William Froude c.1871

Parts of William Froude's dynamometer for his Chelston Cross model towing tank. Design of this apparatus began in 1870

Details

Category:
Froude
Object Number:
1941-7
type:
study models, hydrodynamics and hydrodynamic resistance
credit:
Board of Admiralty

Parts

Counterweight (3 parts) from original Froude Resistance Dynamometer

Counterweight (3 parts) from original Froude Resistance Dynamometer

Counterweight (3 parts) from original Froude Resistance Dynamometer

Object Number:
1941-7/2
type:
components