Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

Made:: circa 1780 (original); 1876 (replica) in Europe, London and France

inventor:: Pierre Simon Laplace

maker:: South Kensington Museum (workshops) and Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Copy of Lavoisier's calorimeter of 1780. The original was exhibited in the loan collection of scientific apparatus, 1876. Model made by the South Kensington Museum workshops, 1877.

Copy of Lavoisier's calorimeter. The original was exhibited in the loan collection of scientific apparatus 1876

Details

Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1877-4

Materials:: iron and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 830 mm x 550 mm x 500 mm, , 16.405kg

type:: calorimeter

credit:: Made in South Kensington Museum Works Department

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