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Title:
Parts of William Froude's original Resistance Dynamometer
Object name(s):
study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance; study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance
Brief description:
Parts of William Froude's original Resistance Dynamometer (1871) used in his researches on surface tension and ship resistance consisting of 1) Lever and index arm 2) counterweights 3) pivot 4) wood framing, by William Froude c.1871
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
water transport
Associated place:
Chelston Cross
Associated place:
Torquay
Associated place:
Torbay
Associated place:
Devon
Credit line:
Board of Admiralty
Object name:
study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance; study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1870
Date - latest:
1870
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1870
Date - latest:
1870
Object production person:
Froude, William, 1810-1879; Froude, Robert Edmund, 1846-1924
Object production place:
Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
1941-7
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
116/58/4
Other number type:
file number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Froude

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/775cad9f-d829-3d0f-b53c-b16859ae6624

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/775cad9f-d829-3d0f-b53c-b16859ae6624, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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