Cotton's scale

Struttura del meccanismo
Funzione	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.
Dimensione del meccanismo	planare
Movimento del movente	Rotazione
Moto del cedente	Rotazione
Capacità di rotazione	si
Capacità di rotazione del membro movente	sì

Funzione di trasferimento
Moto del cedente	rotolamento

Applicazione
Esempi di applicazione	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