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Image number: RS.8489
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Radiometer
Date
ca. 1875
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Description
Glass radiometer containing a spindle, with aluminium vanes attached and a dark base. In a partial vacuum, the rotor spins when the vanes are exposed to light.
The radiometer was designed by Crookes to measure the mechanical effect of radiant energy. Originally intended to illustrate his papers on 'Repulsion resultion from radiation [...]' published in a the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society between 1875-78.
Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and science journalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863 and served as its President between 1913-1915.
The radiometer was designed by Crookes to measure the mechanical effect of radiant energy. Originally intended to illustrate his papers on 'Repulsion resultion from radiation [...]' published in a the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society between 1875-78.
Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and science journalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863 and served as its President between 1913-1915.
Object history
Presented to the Royal Society by William Crookes in 1911.
Related fellows
William Crookes (1832 - 1919, British) , Knight Chemist, Chemist
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