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Non-Commercial Use
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Category
Heat
9
Maker
Hugh Longbourne Callendar
4
Callendar, Hugh Longbournee
3
Langley, Samuel Pierpont
2
Samuel Pierpont Langley
2
Automatic Telegraph Company
1
Boys, Sir Charles Vernon; The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited
1
Callendar, Hugh Longbourne
1
Charles Vernon Boys
1
Edison, Thomas A.; Automatic Telegraph Co.
1
The Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Limited
1
Object type
measuring device (radiant energy)
9
bolometer
4
bolometer; measuring device (radiant energy)
4
radiometer
3
radiometer; measuring device (radiant energy)
3
radiomicrometer
1
radiomicrometer; measuring device (radiant energy)
1
Place
London
3
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
3
Allegheny City
2
Allegheny City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
2
England
2
England, United Kingdom
2
Cambridge
1
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1
New Jersey
1
New Jersey, United States
1
Material
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
9
copper (metal)
5
plastic (unidentified)
4
platinum (metal)
4
iron
3
metal (unknown)
3
plastic (possibly vulcanite)
3
steel (metal)
3
textile
3
wood (unidentified)
3
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Langley's 'Great' Bolometer, 1880-1890
1880-1890
Edison's Original Micro-Tasimeter, 1878
1878
Boys' Radiomicrometer, 1887-1900
1887-1900
Callendar's Disc 'Radio-Balance', 1905-1920
1905 (invented); 1907-1920
Callendar's Bolometer, 1914
1914
Langley's Bolometer, 1880-1890
1880-1890
Callendar's Original Radio Balance, 1905-1906
1905-1906
Callendar's Absolute Recording Bolometer, 1905
1905
Original Cup Radio-Balance by H. L. Callendar, 1910
1910