Skråplan

International names:

Inclined plane; Schiese Ebene; Plan incliné; Planum inclinatum

English description:

Inclined plane

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Inclined plane 475x105x25.Adjustable along mahogany arc. Mahogany base 590x132x18 with 3 wooden leveling screws. Brass cylinder Dia42 L90 with axle and stirrup held by 2 cords over pulleys at top of the inclined plane.Ref: AWH Phys Cab Hefte 1 p151. s'Gravesande (1725) X fig 5.Not signed1800 app (g)

• Category: Statics
• Hauch number: B56
• Inventory number: 400
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 21

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §131
• Cabinet 1: bd.1 p 111; pl.19 fig 08

• Literature:
• Nollet, J. A.: 3,09701
• Sigaud de Lafond : 1,1601
• Martinus van Marum: 35
• The King George III Collection: D 11
• Cataloque of Mechanical Instruments, Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze: 2,056

• Hauksbee(1714) pl V fig 5;

  s'Gravesande(1725) pl X fig 5;

  Desaguliers(1734) XI fig 2