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
Copy of Musschenbroek's 1731 pyrometer: made in 1877 by

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Copy of Musschenbroek's 1731 pyrometer: made in 1877 by
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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