Magnetometer
Date
1871
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 143mm
width (drawing): 228mm
width (drawing): 228mm
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Content object
Description
Study of a Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer, an instrument used to measure the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Illustration for the book Outlines of magnetism and electricity, for public schools and science and art examinations; being notes of a course of lectures delivered at the Royal School of Naval Architecture, with an introduction on the first principles of physics, by William Fletcher Barrett (London, Bell & Daldy, 1871).
Sir William Fletcher Barrett (1844-1925) physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1899.
Illustration for the book Outlines of magnetism and electricity, for public schools and science and art examinations; being notes of a course of lectures delivered at the Royal School of Naval Architecture, with an introduction on the first principles of physics, by William Fletcher Barrett (London, Bell & Daldy, 1871).
Sir William Fletcher Barrett (1844-1925) physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1899.
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