Edison's Original Micro-Tasimeter, 1878
- Made:
- 1878 in New Jersey
- inventor:
- Thomas Alva Edison
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Tasimeter (infrared radiation detector), original form, invented by Thomas Edison and made by the Automatic Telegraph Co., New Jersey, USA, 1878.
Details
- Category:
- Heat
- Object Number:
- 1884-89
- Materials:
- carbon fibre, 'plastic' (possibly vulcanised rubber), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and iron
- Measurements:
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overall: 110 mm x 255 mm x 120 mm, , 2.93kg
- credit:
- Thomas A. Edison
