Callendar's apparatus for determining the mechanical equivalent of heat with glass thermometer

Made:: 1904 in Cambridge

designer:: The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited

maker:: Hugh Longbourne Callendar

Callendar's apparatus for determining the mechanical equivalent of heat with glass thermometer, by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited, Cambridge, England, 1904.

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Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1904-46

type:: apparatus

credit:: Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd.

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Callendar's Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Apparatus, 1904

Callendar's apparatus for determining the mechanical equivalent of heat with glass mercury thermometer, by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co. Ltd., Cambridge, England, 1904.

Measurements:: overall (assembled): 615 mm x 520 mm x 345 mm, , 22kg
pair of 2kg weights: 33 mm x x , 115 mm,

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , iron , steel (metal) and ivory

Object Number:: 1904-46 Pt1

type:: laboratory equipment (physics) and equipment

Remains of original belt for Callendar's apparatus

Remains of original belt for Callendar's apparatus for determining the mechanical equivalent of heat, by The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited, Cambridge, England, 1904.