- Title:
- Index arm with lead counterweight, for Froude's Resistance Dynamometer
- Object name(s):
- study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance; study models; hydrodynamics; hydrodynamic resistance
- Brief description:
- Lattice-work index arm with lead counterweight on a wood level, for Froude's Resistance Dynamometer, c.1871
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- watercraft
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 3 15/16
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 100
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 30 3/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 767
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 67 7/16
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1713
- Material:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Material:
- metal (unknown)
- 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:
- 1941-7/1
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Froude
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b25a645-9c47-3f77-8468-407a0d780997
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9b25a645-9c47-3f77-8468-407a0d780997, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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