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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Instruction sheet detailing the calculation for the resistance of a Weston Galvanometer.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 33\4\  Scan217
Date  28th April 1924
  
RR 238 (150 BKS.) (SH57.29-6-20.) MP 224358
X. 1782
ROLLS-ROYCE LTD.
INSTRUCTIONS.
To E.Y.b.
Order No. WA{Mr Wallis} 25
Customer's No. X 1782
Resistance of Weston Galvanometer
Reading in divisions on Galvo^n
= 21.0 = 21 x 32 micro amperes
= .672 milliamperes
Reading on 22407 as milli-voltmeter = 25.9 divs = 12.85 millivolts
∴ Resistance = 12.85 / .672
= 19.1 ohms at 17°C
Signed H.E.W
This Sheet must be filed on completion of the work.
  
  


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