Kater's invariable pendulum and clock for gravity observations, Sumatra Product:Framed picture Original is oil on canvas

Original is oil on canvas

She holds her dress and petticoat to one side

George Porter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960

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Kater's invariable pendulum and clock for gravity observations, Sumatra Product:Framed picture Original is oil on canvasFront elevation showing the Kater invariable pendulum and supporting frame before a clock as set up at the Madras Observatory and used in John Goldingham's temporary expedition observatory. With a secondary figure showing the distance from the pendulum to the small observing telescope. Figure no. 4 from Report of the length of the pendulum at the equator made on an expedition from the observatory at Madras, by John Goldingham (Madras, 1824). Scale 1