Coulombs elektrometer
International names:
Coulomb's balanceCoulomb's Waage, Balance de Coulomb; Jugum Coulombicum
Danish Instrument Inventory text:
Electrometer. Coulombs torsion balance. Wooden base Dia196. Cylindrical glass vessel Dia170 H180 with horizontal scale 0-360. Circular lid with opening for inserting charge. Suspended from a hook at the centre is an ivory rod with a brass sphere Dia10 at one end and a counterpoise shaped for indexing on the scale at the other. The suspension can be turned to counteract torsion of the suspending cord.Signed: FORTIN. Place Sorbone á Parisc1800 (g)
- Category: Electricity
- Hauch number: K024
- Inventory number: 6950
- Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1718
- Hauch references:
- Begynd.grund: §0
- Cabinet 1: 0
- Literature:
Gehler(1825-45) II p.591 (fig.181)
