Langley's Bolometer, 1880-1890
- Made:
- 1880-1890 in Allegheny City
- maker:
- Samuel Pierpont Langley and
- Samuel Pierpont Langley and
'Small' bolometer, for detecting and measuring radiant heat, invented and made by S. P. Langley, 1880-90, and used by him at Allegheny Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA.
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- Category:
- Heat
- Object Number:
- 1890-40
- taxonomy:
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- measuring devices
- measuring devices
- radiometers
- credit:
- Professor S. P. Langley
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