Saccharimeter
Saccharimeter
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- Description
- This seems to be a half-shadow saccharimeter with a polarizer of the sort described in 1881 by Ferdinand Lippich, a professor of mathematical physics at the German University in Prague. The vertical circle reads 120 - 0 - 120; it is graduated to 30 minutes and read by magnifiers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Saccharimeter
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 8 in; 46.99 cm x 41.91 cm x 20.32 cm
- overall: 18 3/4 in x 9 in x 16 1/2 in; 47.625 cm x 22.86 cm x 41.91 cm
- ID Number
- PH.327502
- catalog number
- 327502
- accession number
- 266156
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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