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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 William Crookes' researches Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches
Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches

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Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches
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Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua: described as the first radiometer, 1872-79.

Details

Category:
Heat
Object Number:
1888-166/12
Materials:
glass, sealing wax, wood (unidentified) and bone
Measurements:
overall: 175 mm x x , 100 mm, .09kg
type:
radiometer (crookes' type) and laboratory equipment (physics)
credit:
Sir William Crookes

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