Measure instruments: masses, times, forces


 

 

 

   

ROBERVAL BALANCE

 
 School
  Castelvė (1),   Spano (2)
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  Function
  To measure masses.
Maker: Unsigned Price: Purchase date:

  Description
  (1) The balance has two circular brass pans, a wooden frame with the upper flat in marble. The measure is made by comparing the mass of the body and that of the weights.
  The equilibrium condition is visible in front.

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ANALYTICAL BALANCE

 
 School
  Spano (1),   University (2)
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  Function
  For precision measure of masses.
Maker:
Sartorius - Göttingen
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Price:
L 2760
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Purchase date:
1928
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  Description
  The balance is inside a mahogany glass case with hinged lateral doors and a balanced frontal door. It is provided with a triple stop for the beam, the suspension system and the pans. It has a pneumatic device for the oscillation. The loading of the weight fraction is made from the outside. Hanging load gr. 200, sensibility mg 0.1.

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BALANCE FOR TECNICAL PURPOSES

 
 School
  University
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  Function
  For measuring masses.
Maker: Unsigned Price: L 93.70 Purchase date: 1883

  Description
  The beam is supported by a brass column which lies on a wooden basis with drawers. Hanging load Kg. 2, sensibility mg 0.01.

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HYDROSTATIC BALANCE

 
 School
  Azuni (1),   University (2),   Spano (3)
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  Function
  To study the buoyancy.
Maker:
(1) Unsigned
(2) Unsigned
(3) Paravia - Torino
Price:
L 100
L 200
L 920
Purchase date:
1873

1928

  Description
  (1) The balance lies on a wooden basis with four brass feet adjustable in height. The hollow brass column ends with a cradle to contain the beam and the fulcrum of the balance.
  On the front of the basis stands a lever to block and unblock the beam. The equipment is provided with normal pans and pans with hook besides a double cylinder for the experience of Archimedes.

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MOHR'S BALANCE

 
 School
  Castelvė
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  Function
  To study the buoyant force.
Maker: Unsigned Price: Purchase date:

  Description
  The main support is an iron column fixed on a wooden basis.
  The beam lies on steel bearings, supported by a column sliding along the iron pole, so that the balance can shift vertically. We obtain the sliding with a string that winds around a reel fixed to the basis on the front of the balance. We can change the height of the beam height with the string through two pulleys.
  The pans have a hook below for the experiments on the Archimedean principle

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WESTPHAL BALANCE

 
 School
  Spano
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  Function
  To measure the density of a liquid or a solid.
Maker:
Paravia - Turin
Price: L 750 Purchase date: 1928

  Description
  With this type of balance we can measure the density of a liquid. With riders, placed opportunely on the rider scale, we compensate the decrease of the weight of the plummet when it is completely immersed in the liquid.
  Using a liquid with known density, we can determinate the decrease of the weight of a body immersed in the liquid and consequently the volume of the body. This balance can also be used to determinate the density of the solid bodies.

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SCALES

 
 School
  University (1),   Castelvė (2)
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  Function
 
Maker:
Sartorius - Göttingen
Price: L 18.05 Purchase date: 1924

  Description
  Cylindrical weights from 1 gr. to 200 gr.

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DYNAMOMETER

 
 School
  Pellegrini

  Function
  To measure the forces.
Maker: Unsigned Price: L 45 Purchase date: 1926

  Description
  In painted metal, it has a semicircle quadrant and presents two rings and two hooks.

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DYNAMOMETER

 
 School
  Spano
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  Function
  To measure the forces.
Maker: Unsigned Price: Purchase date:

  Description
  A spring placed inside a metallic cylinder is welded to the closed end. The other end of the spring is welded to a handle. Another handle is welded to the closed end of the cylinder. An index shows the intensity of the applied force.

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UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL SUNDIAL

 
 School
  Azuni
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  Function
  Universal sundial for the measure of the time.
Maker: Unsigned Price: L 60 Purchase date: 1862

  Description
  It is a mobile sundial set on a brass plate with an inserted compass and its graduated quadrant.

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MAELZEL’S METRONOME

 
 School
  University (1),   Castelvė (2)
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  Function
  For measuring the time.
   Maker:
(1) Unsigned
(2) G.B.
Price:
L 18.50
L 35
Purchase date:
1897
1891

  Description
  Model with vertical pendulum in a wooden case. The functioning is time-clockwork.

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ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT

 
 School
  Spano
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  Function
  It is used to show the functioning of the pendulum clocks and for measuring the time.
Maker:
Officine Galileo - Florence
Price: L 36 Purchase date: 1936

  Description
  The quadrant is graduated in white on black. When the pendulum is regulated to strike the second in a complete oscillation, the model is used to count half seconds.

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REVOLUTION COUNTER

 
 School
  Spano
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  Function
  To register the number of revolutions of a rotating machine.
Maker:
Officine Galileo - Florence
Price: L 50 Purchase date: 1936

  Description
  The model can be used up to a thousand turns.

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