Cotton's scale

Estructura del mecanismo
Función	This scale has two bakelite pans, one fixed and one mobile. The mobile pan, which moves about an axis supported by two brass feet, features a copper wire around the edge of one of its halves. At the other end is a small mobile weight on a threaded shaft for balancing.
Dimensión del mecanismo	plano
movimiento motor	Rotación
Movimiento de salida	Rotación
Capacidad de rotabilidad	sí
Capacidad de rotabilidad del elemento de entrada	sí

Función de transferencia
Movimiento de salida	rotando

Aplicación
Ejemplos de aplicación	It enables the demonstration of the influence of a magnetic field on a conductor through which a current flows. The coil subjected to the magnetic field of a magnet unbalances the scale when fed by a current. It was used by future teachers in their studies at the Men's and Women's teacher training schools in Clermont-Ferrand, now the IUFM (University Teacher Training Institute)

Permanent links

DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?mcdsc=2793025
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_mcdsc_2793025.html