Section of Rooms XII and XIII
Experimental Apparatus
Experimental Apparatus
In 18th-century physics cabinets the laws of mechanics were illustrated by numerous experimental devices, often elegantly crafted, for studying force, equilibrium, impact and other mechanical stresses.
Objects
Apparatus for showing stable equilibrium
Inv. 973
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Apparatus for showing the parabolic path of liquids
Inv. 1024
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus showing the composition of forces
Inv. 1404
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus to study the composition of elastic shocks
Inv. 971
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Apparatus with simple machines
Inv. 496
Nairne & Blunt firm, London, 1774-1793
Cylinder on inclined plane
Inv. 1390
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Double pendulum to illustrate the damping of oscillations
Inv. 1386
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Machine for experiments on the centrifugal force
Inv. 1027
Maker unknown, second half 18th cent.
Multi-groove pulley
Inv. 992
Maker unknown, late 18th cent.
Plane with variable inclination
Inv. 1402
Maker unknown, German?, late 18th cent.
Planetarium
Inv. 3901
Maker unknown, after 1877
Suardi's graphic pen
Inv. 3719
Felice Gori, Florence, 1819
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