Collection

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

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Object Number:
1909-162
type:
components
credit:
Lady Abney.

Parts

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

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

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

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

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

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 Daylight

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

Object Number:
1909-162/5
type:
instrument
Mobile Darkroom from Abney's Apparatus for Recording the Intensity of Daylight

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

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

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.

Object Number:
1909-162/8
type:
accessories
Optical Instrument made by Adam Hilger

Optical Instrument made by Adam Hilger

Optical instrument made by Adam Hilger of London in wooden case

Object Number:
1909-162/9
type:
optical instruments
Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light durin

Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light durin

Pendulum part of Abney’s apparatus for recording the intensity of light

Object Number:
1909-162/10
type:
components
Component for Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light durin

Component for Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light durin

Large wooden component of Abney’s apparatus for recording the intensity of light

Measurements:
overall: 1390 mm x 850 mm x 9900 mm,
Object Number:
1909-162/11
type:
components

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