Davenport demonstration apparatus: galvanometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
name: label: maker
content: Davenport, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: On wooden base painted red is a coil of coarse wire mounted vertically and painted green. Inside the coil is mounted a dip needle, one end of which is painted red. the base has terminals and brass feet. Two pieces of wood elevate the device such that the brass feet are extraneous. These appear to ave been added because the brass feet did not lift the device sufficiently to provide stability. This device was used by Thomas Davenport in electromagnetic demonstrations.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Frank E. Chandler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315892.06
label: accession number
content: 222039
label: catalog number
content: 315892.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Galvanometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.27 cm