Key Information
Reference code
K/PP107/11/2/2
Title
Single cylinder rheostat, 1843
Date(s)
- 1843 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 item
Scope and content
Single cylinder rheostat devised by Wheatstone to maintain a constant current by adjusting or varying the resistance of a circuit where the resistance is low. Consists of a cylinder wound with wire, brass fixtures on a wooden base. [See Wheatstone’s Bakerian Lecture for 1843 An account of several new Instruments and Processes for determining the Constants of a Voltaic Circuit published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.]