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Description:

The "Shore Instrument & Mfg. Co., New York. Pat. Apld for." inscription on this optical pyrometer refers to the firm founded by Alfred Ferdinand Shore (1877-1936), inventor, metallurgical engineer, and winner of the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute.

Ref: “Albert F. Shore, 59, Inventor, Is Dead,” New York Times (Jan. 19, 1936), p. N9.

“William F. Shore Dies,” New York Times (March 16, 1960), p. 37.

F. T. Havard, Refractories and Furnaces (New York, 1912), pp. 316-318.

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Credit Line: University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.319716Catalog Number: 319716Accession Number: 239025

Object Name: pyrometer, opticalpyrometer

Measurements: overall: 10 in x 2 3/4 in; 25.4 cm x 6.985 cmoverall: 5 1/8 in x 10 in x 2 3/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 25.4 cm x 6.985 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-af22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1761132

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Optical Pyrometer