Pyrometry: A Practical Treatise on the Measurement of High TemperaturesDarling, Charles R. (Charles Robert)
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Pyrometry: A Practical Treatise on the Measurement of High Temperatures
Darling, Charles R. (Charles Robert)
Pyrometry
=Siemens’ Indicator.=—This instrument is based upon the
Wheatstone bridge principle, and is shown in fig. 35. The galvanometer
is mounted in the centre of the dial, round the edge of which is fixed
a ring on which the adjustable resistance is wound in spiral form.
Suitable terminals are provided, duly labelled, to which the battery,
pyrometer leads, and compensator are attached. A brass arm, movable
about the centre of the dial, terminates in a tapping-key which moves
over the adjustable resistance; the key being placed in the battery
circuit. The fixed known resistances are located in the interior of the
indicator. The adjustment consists in moving the key round the
circumference until, on tapping, no deflection is obtained on the
galvanometer. The pointed end of the movable arm then indicates
the temperature of the pyrometer on the dial, which is marked in
temperatures corresponding to the resistance opposed to the pyrometer
for different positions of the key. In taking a reading, the operator
is guided by the fact that when the temperature indicated is too high,
the movement of the galvanometer needle will be in one direction;
whereas if too low an opposite deflection will be given. The
intermediate position of no deflection must then be found by trial; and
the procedure should not occupy more than two minutes if the observer
possess an approximate notion of the temperature to be measured.
[Illustration: FIG. 36—WHIPPLE’S INDICATOR.]
=Whipple’s Indicator.=—This instrument (fig. 36) is employed
by the Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company, and is also a form of
Wheatstone bridge. The pyrometer leads and compensator are connected to
properly labelled terminals T, and the battery to other terminals
at the opposite side of the box. The pointer of the galvanometer is
visible through the small window B, and a battery of two dry cells is
placed at the side of the box. The fixed resistances are contained in
the interior, and the adjustable resistance consists of a continuous
wire wound on a drum, which may be rotated by the handle H. The shaft
connecting H with the drum is screwed, and works in a nut, so that the
turning of H produces a spiral movement of the drum. The adjustment
consists in rotating H until, on tapping the key F, no deflection of
the galvanometer pointer is observed. The temperature of the pyrometer
is then read off directly from a paper scale wound round the drum and
rotating with it, visible through the window A, the reading being
indicated by a fixed pointer. This arrangement forms a compact and
convenient indicator.
[Illustration: FIG. 37.—THE HARRIS INDICATOR.]
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