Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule

Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James

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Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule
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Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James
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Glass laboratory tube wound with copper wire used by James Joule, c.1860 to determine the heating power of a metallic wire.

Cylinder was filled with water, the current passed through and the thermometer used to measure the temperature change.

Details

Category:
Scientific Instruments & Research
Object Number:
Y1969.5.6
Materials:
glass and copper (metal)
Measurements:
overall: 318 mm, 17 mm,
type:
laboratory tube
credit:
Gift of University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology