Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crooke's researches on radiation
- maker:
- William Crookes
Radiometer used to illustrate Sir W. Crooke's researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua (numbered 36A in original listing): contains a semi-cylinder of aluminium with a mica screen, a platinum sprial for heating, and a minute radiometer that can be held by a magnet in any part of the bulb to serve as an indicator; to test the intensity and direction of lines of pressure when a candle is held near the bulb
Details
- Category:
- Heat
- Object Number:
- 1888-166/45
- Measurements:
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tube: 290 x 80 mm
- type:
- crookes radiometer
- credit:
- Sir William Crookes