D'Arsonval galvanometer

or d'Arsonval galvanometer

[ dahr-suhn-vawl, -val ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Electricity.

a galvanometer consisting of a large, fixed magnet and a light coil that swings in the magnetic field.

First recorded in 1885–90; named after Jacques A. D'Arsonval (1851–1940), French physicist

Fig. 69 shows a D'Arsonval galvanometer, in which a coil of wire is suspended between the poles of a permanent horseshoe magnet.

The arrangement of magnet and suspended coil in this instrument has become widely known as that of the "d'Arsonval galvanometer."

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