Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crooke's research

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

maker:: William Crookes

Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crooke's researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua: radiometer in which the vanes are inclined to the arms

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Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1888-166/23

Materials:: glass and wood

Measurements:: tube: 160 x 50 mm

type:: crookes radiometer

credit:: Sir William Crookes

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Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crooke's research

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