Lord Kelvin's patent no.3787

A brass cylinder designed to be used with a glass tube, lined with a substance that changes colour on contact with water. Signed by Kelvin and James White Ltd.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0558
Type: Pressure sounding tube
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Kelvin & James White Ltd
Date made: circa 1905
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 680 mm; Diameter: 25 mm
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