Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light durin

maker:: William de Wiveleslie Abney

Components, movement and clock, and a drive weight from Abney’s apparatus for recording the intensity of light

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Object Number:: 1909-162

type:: components

credit:: Lady Abney.

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Parts

Part of Abney's Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight

Part of Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light during the day. (Detailed in R.P. 1915/154 ScM) (List supplied).

Object Number:: 1909-162/1

type:: part

Part of Abney's Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Light During the Day

Part of Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light during the day. (Detailed in R.P. 1915/154 ScM) (List supplied).

Measurements:: overall: 1410 mm x 480 mm x 590 mm,

Object Number:: 1909-162/2

type:: part

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Movement and clock face from the Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light

Object Number:: 1909-162/3

type:: clock

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Lead drive weight from Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light

Lead drive weight from Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light, unsigned

Materials:: lead (metal) and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: 1909-162/4

type:: lead weight

Instrument from Abney's Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight

Instrument from Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light during the day.

Object Number:: 1909-162/5

type:: instrument

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Mobile Darkroom from Abney's Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight

Mobile darkroom in case from Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light during the day.

Object Number:: 1909-162/6

type:: darkroom

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Screen and Frame from Abney's Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight

Leather screen with central aperture, set in wooden frame, from Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light during the day.

Object Number:: 1909-162/7

type:: screen and frame

Box of accessories for Abneys Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight

Box of accessories for Abneys Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight which includes two ornate metal attachments (one broken), one ornate pulley wheel, a hinged wooden mechanism and a metal adjustment tool.