Radiometer containing a double set of vanes

Made:: 1876-1895 in London

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Radiometer containing a double set of vanes, rotating in opposite directions (No. 10) on a wooden turned mahogany base with leaded insert, London, England, 1876-95.

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Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1920-410

Materials:: glass, lead (metal), mahogany (wood), aluminium alloy and paper (fibre product)

Measurements:: overall: 330 mm x x , , .255kg
base: x x , 88 mm,

type:: radiometer (crookes' type) and demonstration equipment (physics)

credit:: The Royal Society

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