Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Apparatus
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Apparatus
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- Description
- This mechanical equivalent of heat apparatus was touted as “a simplification of the apparatus used by Rowland in his classical experiments.” The inscription on the tag reads "The GAERTNER SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION CHICAGO, U.S.A. TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." The motor is missing, as are the thermometers. This was used in the Physics Department at Beloit College.
- William Gaertner began in business in Chicago in the late 1890s; the firm became The Gaertner Scientific Corporation in 1924.
- Ref: The Gaertner Scientific Corporation, ”Scientia” Calorimeters and Accessories (Chicago, 1929), p. 9.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Apparatus
- maker
- Gaertner Scientific Corporation
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Measurements
- overall: 15 7/8 in x 15 13/16 in x 24 1/4 in; 40.3225 cm x 40.16375 cm x 61.595 cm
- ID Number
- PH.334637
- catalog number
- 334637
- accession number
- 312090
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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