Wheel, Barlow's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1053.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.7 cm
- Width
- 15.7 cm
- Height
- 23.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
WHEN CONNECTED TO A 6 V CELL SOURCE THROUGH A REOSTAT, AS SOON AS THE CURRENT FLOWS THE WHEEL TURNS, AN ELEMENTARY ELECTRIC MOTOR - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- A STICKER IS GLUED TO THE TOP OF THE BASE WITH 'BARLOW'S WHEEL' WRITTEN ACROSS IT. THERE IS A SIMILAR STICKER ON UNDERSIDE OF THE BASE.
- Missing
- From CA of 11/30/2001 by David Daley: No - Complete
- Finish
- A SQUARE WOODEN BASE WITH A POST ON THE LEFT SIDE AT CENTER, THIS POST HAS AN AJUSTABLE ARM GOING TO THE CENTER FROM WHICH ANOTHER ARM LEADS DOWN TO THE CENTER OF THE BASE WITH A STAR-SHAPED WHEEL SUSPENDED FROM THE ARM/ 2 MAGNETS ARE SCREWED DOWN AROUND CENTER OF BASE, THERE IS A BINDING POST IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wheel, Barlow's, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1984.1053, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1984.1053.001/
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