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Crookes' Radiometer, 1872-1879

PART OF:
Forty-five radiometers used to illustrate Sir W. Crookes' researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua
Made:
1872-1879 in London
Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W

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Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W
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Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crookes' researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua: with platinum bar that was heated during exhaustion, to show that repulsion does not depend on the presence of moisture, 1872-79.

Details

Category:
Heat
Object Number:
1888-166/4
Materials:
glass, aluminium (metal), metal (unknown) and wax
Measurements:
tube: 360 x 35 mm
type:
radiometer (crookes' type) and laboratory equipment (physics)
credit:
Sri William Crookes

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