Musschenbroeks tribometer

English description:

Tribometer - an instrument for studying friction

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Musschenbroek's friction machine. (Tribometer). Mahogany. Base 230x520. Upon this 4 capriole uprights supporting a frame 280x200 with metal bearings for a wooden pulley Dia100 L110. Cord with weights and a balance pan. Interchangeable bearing metals.Ref: Musschenbroek: Grundlehren der Naturwissenschaft, Leipzig 1747, p171 tabV fig7. And: Det phys Cab vol1 p36 pl5 fig11. Overall Hc700.Not signedc1800 (g)

• Category: Mechanics
• Hauch number: A53
• Inventory number: 3630
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1356

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §83
• Cabinet 1: 1036 5,11

• Literature:
• Sigaud de Lafond : 1,0703

• Musschenbroek(1729) p.179, pl V fig 7;