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Origin. England; London; 449 Strand. Maker. Elliott Brothers [makers] James Clerk Maxwell [designer]. ... Maxwell had the model specially built to his design and shipped from London.

Login. Accession No. 4421. Brief Description. Maxwell’s colour wheel, by Newton and Company, English, late 19th Century. ... James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) and his wife Katherine used a colour wheel like this to quantify the proportions of red, blue,

Brief Description. electromagnetic induction model to demonstrate induced current, designed by James Clerk Maxwell and made by Elliott Brothers, English, 1876. ... Origin. England; London; 449 Strand. Maker. Elliott Brothers [makers] James Clerk Maxwell

30, PORTMAN SQUARE. LONDON W1 [on the backplate]. P.D. SCOTT MAXWELL [on the side].

Login. Accession No. 2747. Brief Description. wheel train for Maxwell’s pendulum governor, 1863 (c).

C 327829. 1 DIVISION EQUALS 10,000 MAXWELL-TURNS. CAMBRIDGE INSTRUMENT CO. LTD.

Maxwell writes, in the Cambridge University Reporter, 27 April, 1875, p.352: ‘presented by Mr.

Standard metre scale; cup micrometer; micrometer telescope; nernst lamp; reading microscope; spherometer; amsler’s planimeter; spirit level tester; chronograph; tuning forks; deprez signal; extensometer; searle’s apparatus; maxwell’s vibrating

Standard metre scale; cup micrometer; micrometer telescope; nernst lamp; reading microscope; spherometer; amsler’s planimeter; spirit level tester; chronograph; tuning forks; deprez signal; extensometer; searle’s apparatus; maxwell’s vibrating

Brief Description. wheel train for Maxwell’s pendulum governor, 1863 (c). Origin.

Brief Description. Maxwell’s colour wheel, by Newton and Company, English, late 19th Century.

However, the design of planimeters became of interest to engineers, physicists (including James Clerk Maxwell), and mathematicians alike, and in the 1850s Jakob Amsler developed the polar planimeter.

Login. Shelfmark. Csi.C1. Maker. Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company. Subjects. Mechanics: small centrifugal machine; Maxwell’s Vibrating Needle; Air Pumps(double barreled); Single Barreled Air Pump; Volumenometer.