Coulomb Torsion Balance
name: label: associated person
content: de Coulomb, Charles-Augustin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Appears to be magnetic with provision for converting to an electrostatic balance. Three leveling screws are set in a round wooden base. Mirror surface on inside of base. A round bar is suspended from the upper plate in an enclosing glass shell. Center glass tube mounted on the upper plate contains suspension string holding a horizontal bar. Angle of horizontal element rotatable thru 360 degrees.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Case Institute of Technology, Department of Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323667
label: catalog number
content: 323667
label: accession number
content: 251332
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Torsion Balance
label: Object Name
content: coulomb balance
label: Object Name
content: Coulomb balance
label: Other Terms
content: Torsion Balance; Measuring Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 13 1/2 in; 55.88 cm x 34.29 cm