Cardansk lampe

English description:

Oil lamb, mounted in gimbals

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Oil lamp, mounted in gimbals. 3 brass rings riveted together to form a sphere Dia120. Inside this an oil lamp Dia50 H40 mounted in brass gimbals. The lamp is weighted at the bottom.Ref: Det phys Cab vol 1 p 82, pl 14 fig 10.Not signed1800 app (g)

• Category: Statics
• Hauch number: B10
• Inventory number: 810
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 308

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §116
• Cabinet 1: Bd.1 p 83; pl.14 fig 10

• Literature:

• Desaguliers(1744) pl.V fig.1