Atwood Machine

International names:

Atwood's fall machine

Atwood's machine

English description:

Fall machine

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Atwood fall machine. Mahogany base 480x480 with 4 levelling screws. Turned mahogany column in 2 parts joined by wooden threads. Lower Dia95, upper Dia60, total H1800. At the top mahogany bracket with frictionless 5-wheel support of cord. Pendulum second clock mounted on the column. Boxwood scale along the path of the falling weight in Danish inches divided in tenths. A cm scale is later added to the rear. Brass ring and plate mounted in mahogany slide along the scale, to be secured by clamps. A collection of brass weights.Signed: Dumotiez Freres / Rue du Jardinet / St Ande des Arcs / AParisc1800 (g)

• Category: Mechanics
• Hauch number: A57
• Inventory number: 3200
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1355

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §98
• Cabinet 1: 1038 6,01

• Literature:
• Martinus van Marum: 47
• The King George III Collection: L 30

• Magellan(1780);

  Atwood(1784);

  Adams(1794) III pl.1 fig.13

  Mynster(1798)

  Gehler(1825-45) IV s.30;