tangent galvanometer
Britishnoun
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The strength of different currents can be compared, and many interesting experiments performed with the tangent galvanometer.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
A perspective view of this apparatus is shown in the tangent galvanometer.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
In this way it is possible to obtain a more evenly divided scale than in the case when the deflection follows the law of tangents, as in an ordinary tangent galvanometer.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
In 1849 H. von Helmholtz devised a tangent galvanometer with two coils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
The unbroken lines represent the curves obtained with the apparatus just described, while the dotted ones give the curve of deflection of an ordinary tangent galvanometer.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various
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