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Silk-Thread Hygrometer with a Magnifying Sag and Pointer (Boy Mechanic, 1913)
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Silk-Thread Hygrometer with a Magnifying Sag and Pointer (Boy Mechanic, 1913)

A humidity indicator from a silk thread stretched with a slight sag between two nails: as dry air shrinks the silk, the sag straightens and pulls a second thread wound round a pencil-sized axle, swinging a pointer over a scale.
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An hour

Maagizo

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Why the sag magnifies

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Read the Boy Mechanic

"A very small shrinkage of B, such as occurs when the atmosphere is dry, will cause an increased movement of C."
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String thread B

Drive a nail at each end of a board A and stretch silk thread B between them, not quite straight: let it bend a little toward the pointer bracket D.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Ubao wa msonobariUbao wa msonobari1 kipande
Uzi wa hariri wa kushoneaUzi wa hariri wa kushonea1 kipande
MisumariMisumari1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

NyundoNyundo
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Make the pointer axle

Cut a round wooden axle about the size of a lead pencil and drive a pin into each end. Cut a piece of tin E V-shaped at each end and bend the ends up as bearings for the pins; fix it on bracket D. Fix a light pointer on the axle.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Vijiti vya mbao ngumuVijiti vya mbao ngumu1 kipande
Pini za kushoneaPini za kushonea1 kipande
Bamba la batiBamba la bati1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Mkasi wa batiMkasi wa bati
Koleo la Mdomo BapaKoleo la Mdomo Bapa
Msumeno wa mkonoMsumeno wa mkono
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Connect thread C

Tie a second silk thread C to the middle of B, fasten it to the axle and wrap it once or twice round, so pulling C turns the pointer over a scale card.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Uzi wa hariri wa kushoneaUzi wa hariri wa kushonea1 kipande
Mabamba ya kadibodi ya kielelezoMabamba ya kadibodi ya kielelezo1 kipande
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Read it

When the air dries, B shrinks and straightens, pulling C and swinging the pointer; damp air lets it back. Mark the scale against a known hygrometer if you want numbers.
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Troubleshooting

Hygrometer troubleshooting.

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History and honest limits

From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 1** (Popular Mechanics, 1913), pp. 71-72 (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanic0000unse_n5a8). He gives no sizes or calibration; ours are marked.

Vifaa

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Zana Zinazohitajika

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