Wheatstone Bridge - Modifications of The Fundamental Bridge

Modifications of The Fundamental Bridge

The Wheatstone bridge is the fundamental bridge, but there are other modifications that can be made to measure various kinds of resistances when the fundamental Wheatstone bridge is not suitable. Some of the modifications are:

  • Carey Foster bridge, for measuring small resistances
  • Kelvin Varley Slide
  • Kelvin bridge
  • Maxwell bridge

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