Pyrometer
Pyrometer
- Description
- Pyrometers measure thermal expansion. This example was probably used for demonstration purposes. The "Pyrometre - Deleuil à Paris" inscription is that of Louis Joseph Deleuil (1795-1862) or his son Jean Adrien Deleuil (b. 1825).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pyrometer
- maker
- Deleuil, Louis Joseph
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris
- Measurements
- overall: 16 in x 12 in x 6 in; 40.64 cm x 30.48 cm x 15.24 cm
- overall: 15 5/8 in x 11 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in; 39.6875 cm x 30.1625 cm x 14.9225 cm
- ID Number
- PH.322958
- catalog number
- 322958
- accession number
- 249200
- Credit Line
- Columbia University
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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