'Nadir' Box Galvanometer
James G. Biddle
Kadelbach and Randhagen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Berlin, Germany
about 1900
Wooden case, brooken leather carrying strap, millivolt and ammeter scale 0-150, voltmeter scale 0-150, former marked "Defunt" in red on face of meter.
Overall: 11 × 3 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (27.9 × 8.9 × 19.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.95
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Electricity
Not on view
Provenance
Physics Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; given to the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, March 2007.
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