Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
- Made:
- 1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original) in Birmingham and Paris
- maker:
- Elkington and Company and Louis Charles Gallonde
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Copy of Musschenbroek's 1731 pyrometer: made in 1877 by Elkington and Co. of London from an earlier model made by Gallonde of Paris using drawings of Musschenbroek's original. The original was exhibited in the loan collection of scientific apparatus of 1876.
Details
- Category:
- Heat
- Object Number:
- 1877-1
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, iron and steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 165 mm x 335 mm x 122 mm, , 2.195kg
- type:
- pyrometer (mechanical), mechanical thermometer and replica
- credit:
- Purchased, Elkington and Company
