One Ohm Thermometer

Title

One Ohm Thermometer

Description

This is one of several resistors of high quality which are in the museum. Such resistors were used as standards in bridge circuits to measure unknown resistances to high precision. The thermometer is included because the resistance is exactly one ohm only at a specified temperature.

Identifier

em_071

Collection

Electricity_and_Magnetism

Source

Display Case H1