Crookes' radiometer with four aluminium vanes coated on one side with clear mica (No. 4)

Made:
1878 in London
maker:
Unknown
Crookes' radiometer with four aluminium vanes coated on one side with clear mica (No. 4) Crookes' radiometer with four aluminium vanes coated on one side with clear mica (No. 4) Crookes' radiometer with four aluminium vanes coated on one side with clear mica (No. 4)

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The Royal Society. Enquiries to the Science Museum, London

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The Royal Society. Enquiries to the Science Museum, London

Crookes' radiometer with four aluminium vanes coated on one side with clear mica (No. 4), on a turned wooden base with leaded insert, London, England, 1878

Details

Category:
Heat
Object Number:
1920-408
Materials:
glass, lead (metal), mahogany (wood), aluminium alloy and mica
Measurements:
overall: 168 mm x x , , .14kg
base: x x , 83 mm,
type:
radiometer (crookes' type) and demonstration equipment (physics)
rights:
Unlinked Name
credit:
The Royal Society