Station electrometer by James White

Made:
1867
maker:
James White
Station electrometer by James White

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Station electrometer by James White to the design of Lord Kelvin

Details

Category:
Electricity and Magnetism
Object Number:
1876-34
type:
electrometers
credit:
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

Parts

Station electrometer by James White to the design of Lord Kelvin. Several pieces in a box

Station Electrometer by James White

Station electrometer by James White to the design of Lord Kelvin. Several pieces in a box

Measurements:
overall box: 100 mm x 250 mm x 190 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , metal (unknown) and glass
Object Number:
1876-34/2
type:
electrometer

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