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Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electronics

Students' Potentiometer

  • 1950s

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Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and J. A. Fleming.

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  • 6.25 in. H x 13.25 in. W x 8 in. D (With lid closed)
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  • (Instrument panel) "SOLD BY / ARTHUR H. THOMAS CO. / PHILA. U.S.A. / MADE BY / LEEDS & NORTHRUP CO. / PHILADELPHIA / 142583 / MADE IN U.S.A"
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Science History Institute. Students' Potentiometer. Photograph, 2017. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/d217qp79j.

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