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RefNoPP/4/26/1
Previous numbersPP/36/26
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, 'On a new reflecting galvanometer of great sensibility, and on new forms of astatic galvanometers' by Thomas Gray and Andrew Gray
CreatorGray; Thomas (fl 1881-1894)
Date1884
DescriptionThe authors write: 'The object of this paper is, first, to describe a galvanometer in which a principle which is, we believe, novel in its application to this particular purpose, has been employed to give an instrument of very great sensibility; and, second, to describe some forms of astatic galvanometers which are, we think, improvements on astatic combinations as ordinarily made and arranged for use.'

Annotations in pencil and ink. Includes three pages of schematic diagrams of the galvanometer.

Subject: Electricity / Scientific apparatus and equipment

Received 5 February 1884. Read 14 February 1884. Communicated by William Thomson.

A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On a new reflecting galvanometer of great sensibility, and on new forms of astatic galvanometers'.
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0112
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8289Thomson; William (1824 - 1907); Baron Kelvin of Largs; physicist1824 - 1907
NA1399Gray; Andrew (1847 - 1925); physicist1847 - 1925
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