Shelfmark

Hrs.2

Maker

Philip Harris & Co.; Limited

Subjects

electrical (electrical machines; Wimshurst machines; accessories; conductors; dischargers; electrometers; electrophorous; electrostatic apparatus; Leyden jars; commutator; decomposing apparatus; electromagnets; lamps; batteries; galvanometers; induction coils; cells; resistance coils; rheostats; solenoids; Wheatstone bridges; wire; ammeters; voltmeters; test instruments; accumulators; motors; dynamos); magnetism (compasses; dip needles; magnets; needles); sound (telegraph models; sounder; telephones; bells; whistles; harmonicon; interference tubes; monochords; organ pipes; pipes; phonautograph; trumpet; tonometer; tuning forks; bow); physics (thermopiles; thermomagnetic apparatus; hydrostatic apparatus; presses; pumps; expansion apparatus; density apparatus; radiation apparatus; thermoelectric apparatus; radiometers; wave apparatus; pneumatics apparatus; air pumps; barometer tubes; receivers; manometers); medical (magneto-electric machines; medical batteries; medical coils); laboratory apparatus (calorimeters; hygrometer; gas engines); thermometry (pyrometers; thermometers); optical (camera lucida; camera obscura; interference apparatus; heliostats; kaleidoscope; lenses; mirrors; colour discs; opera glasses; binoculars; pantoscopes; photometers; polariscopes; prisms; reflection appratus; screens; spectroscopes; stereoscope; slides; telescopes; lanterns; objectives; accessories); physiology (anatomical models; osteological specimens); metrology (goniometers; spherometer); microscopes (microscope); navigation (reflecting circle; sextant); meteorology (sunshine recorder; rain gauges; barometers; aneroid barometers; barograph); mechanics (Atwood’s machines; pendulums; models; cones; inclined planes; gyroscopes; inertia apparatus; gravity apparatus; levers; percussion apparatus; pulleys; wedges; torsion apparatus; wheels; axles; screws; set of mechanical apparatus; model steam engines); balances (physical balances; spring balance; steelyard); miscellaneous (tools; chests; coal; gases); drawing (sets of drawing instruments); spheres (globes); astronomy (globes; tellurians); demonstration (diagrams); natural history (botanical teaching diagrams; botanical models); crystallography (crystal models); surveying (aneroids); chemistry (chemicals)

Title

Catalogue of Physical Apparatus

Description

Includes a wide range of physical instruments.
Includes a lot of detail about some instruments eg. balance for lecture experiments, page 305.
Includes Betts’ portable globes, and Henslow’s and Kny’s botanical diagrams.

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Latest Date

Pages

172+10+6

Address

144 & 146, Edmund Street, Birmingham. [England]

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Hardback

Yes

Prices

Yes

Index

Yes

Illustrations

Yes

General Ref

Yes