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Title:
Framework for Froude's Resistance Dynamometer
Object name(s):
study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance; study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance
Brief description:
Wooden framework for Froude's Resistance Dynamometer, c.1871
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
watercraft
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
4 5/16
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
110
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
24 5/8
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
625
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
kg
Dimension value:
1.76
Dimension:
weight
Dimension measurement unit:
lbs
Dimension value:
3.88016
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
51 3/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
1300
Material:
steel (metal)
Material:
wood (unidentified)
Object name:
study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance; study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1870
Date - latest:
1871
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1870
Date - latest:
1871
Object production person:
Froude, William, 1810-1879; Froude, Robert Edmund, 1846-1924
Object production place:
Torquay, Devon
Other number:
1941-7/4
Other number type:
accession number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Froude

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f9b5e8cf-22e3-32e3-9d03-c67b57689474

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f9b5e8cf-22e3-32e3-9d03-c67b57689474, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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