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Humboldt State University ® Department of Chemistry
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Usage: The reflecting galvanometer is a sensitive instrument for measuring current. It consists of a magnet coil with an attached mirror suspended between the poles of a magnet by a thin gold ribbon above and a coiled gold wire below. When an electric current is introduced into the magnet coil it induces a magnetic field, causing the coil to rotate in proportion to the current. The mirror allows the user to see very small deflections, and thus to measure very small currents, by observing a distant reflected scale. In this instrument an illuminated image of a line is projected through a small telescope onto the mirror, which reflects it onto the built-in scale on the ground glass window on the front of the case.
This instrument was used by students in the physical/analytical chemistry laboratory at HSU for sensitive measurements in conjunction with the L&N K-3 Potentiometer.
Description: The smooth grey painted metal case has gently rounded corners. It is 6 1/4" wide x 13 5/8" deep x 9 1/4" high.
Research: This instrument is illustrated and described on p740 of the Cenco 1960 Catalog (J-300).
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