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