Contact goniometer, c.1830.

Made:
1830
Contact goniometer, Carangeot type, in brass, c. 1830

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Contact goniometer, Carangeot type, in brass, c. 1830

Carangeot type contact goniometer, c.1830. A goniometer is an instrument for measuring angles, and was particularly applied in the field of crystallography. Arnould Carangeot (1742-1806) invented the first goniometer in about 1780.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1976-411
type:
goniometer
credit:
Delehar, P.