Dry and Wet bulb thermometers. On Brass stand

Made:
1876 in Bonn
maker:
Heinrich Geissler

Dry and Wet bulb thermometers. On Brass stand, by Geissler, 1876.

Details

Category:
Meteorology
Object Number:
1876-761
Materials:
brass, glass and mercury
Measurements:
overall height and width: 47 x 10 cm
type:
wet and dry bulb psychrometer
credit:
Geissler, Heinrich

Parts

Wet bulb thermometer

Wet bulb thermometer

Wet bulb thermometer by Geissler. The thermometer bulb is wrapped with a piece of muslin. The thermometer could measure adiabatic saturation temperature when the muslin was wet.

Materials:
glass and mercury
Object Number:
1876-761/1
type:
thermometer
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