tangent galvanometer

noun

1. a type of galvanometer having a vertical coil of wire with a horizontal magnetic needle at its centre. The current to be measured is passed through the coil and produces a proportional magnetic field which deflects the needle

Example Sentences

A perspective view of this apparatus is shown in the tangent galvanometer.

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The strength of different currents can be compared, and many interesting experiments performed with the tangent galvanometer.

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A tangent galvanometer, or a needle-telegraph instrument, for example, may be connected with Y and Z.

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These curves show that for strong intensities of current Mr. Kapp's instrument is more advantageous than the tangent galvanometer.

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In 1849 H. von Helmholtz devised a tangent galvanometer with two coils.

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