Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

Made:
circa 1780 (original); 1876 (replica) in 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

Parts

part of Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

part of Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

Main part of Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

Measurements:
overall: 800 mm x 430 mm x 500 mm,
Object Number:
1877-4/1
type:
component
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
part of Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

part of Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

Stand, part of Replica of Lavoisier's Calorimeter

Measurements:
overall: 345 mm 430 mm,
Object Number:
1877-4/2
type:
component
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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