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circular disk weight
circular disk weight

circular disk weight

Date1870-1920
Inventory Number1998-1-0208
ClassificationCentripetal Force Demonstration
Subject
    Place of Origin
      Dimensions4.4 × 4.4 × 0.3 cm (1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/8 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionCircular disk weight in brass that was put on the carriage of a centripetal force demonstration apparatus (1996-1-0418; 1996-1-0419). It is marked "1 oz".
        Signedunsigned
        centripetal force demonstration apparatus
        American
        Date: 1870-1920
        Accessories: circular disk weight (1998-1-0208)
        Object number: 1996-1-0419
        centripetal force demonstration apparatus
        American
        Date: 1870-1920
        Accessories: circular disk weight (1998-1-0208)
        Object number: 1996-1-0418
        centripetal force demonstration apparatus
        American
        Date: 1870-1920
        Object number: 1996-1-0420
        centrifugal acceleration demonstration apparatus
        Pyrex
        Date: 1850-1900
        Accessories: detachable glass bulb hangs from center
        Object number: 1998-1-0143
        needle force gauge
        Acoustic Research, Inc.
        Date: after 1954
        Accessories: instrument is in six (6) parts; instructions on 1 sheet of paper (original with instrument, two copies in file)
        Object number: 2006-1-0056
        nested weights
        English
        Date: circa 1820
        Accessories: 5 brass weights, brass holder, piece of lead
        Object number: DW0227
        optical bench with photomicrographic accessories
        Carl Zeiss Jena
        Date: 1914
        Object number: 1996-1-0652a
        The first image in this series represents a giant, double-plate electrostatic generator, which …
        John Cuthbertson
        Date: 1770-1815
        Accessories: brown storage box, descriptive tag, thin strip of paper in box with the inscription "lucernal microscope" in David P. Wheatland's handwriting (which refers to figs. 47-48 and 51 in this series), page from the book "Old Science and Medicine" with a photographic copy of the first print from this series, entitled "The Large Electric Machine at Haarlem."
        Object number: 1998-1-1087
        two round iron weights
        American
        Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
        Object number: 2008-1-0189
        Dividing Engine, Circular
        John H. Temple
        Date: after 1852
        Object number: 1996-1-0012
        Dividing Engine, Circular
        John H. Temple
        Date: after 1852
        Object number: 1996-1-0012a
        weights (4) on a brass rod
        American
        Date: mid 19th-early 20th Century
        Accessories: brass rod/holder
        Object number: 3812