Leopoldo Nobili Galvanometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1825
name: label: associated person
content: Nobili, Leopoldo
label: maker
content: Nobili, Leopoldo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Galvanometer with glass dome cover. In 1825, Leopoldo Nobili (1784-1835), an Italian physicist, introduced a sensitive astatic galvanometer that could detect relatively small electric currents, and that was soon popular with scientists around the world. This seems to be an early example.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.319413
label: catalog number
content: 319413
label: accession number
content: 237602
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Galvanometer
label: Other Terms
content: Galvanometer; Measuring Devices
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (cover material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 7 in x 7 in; 35.56 cm x 17.78 cm x 17.78 cm