Crookes' Radiometer, 1872-79

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

Radiometer used to illustrate Sir William Crookes' researches on the radiation of heat in high vacua: pith-ball balance in air (the balls are attracted if a flame is brought near), 1872-79.

Details

Category:: Heat

Object Number:: 1888-166/1

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and glass

Measurements:: tube: 190 mm x x , 14 mm, .02kg

type:: radiometer (crookes' type) and laboratory equipment (physics)

credit:: Sir William Crookes

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