RefNo | MOB/066 |
Level | Item |
Title | Radiometers by William Crookes |
Date | c.1875 |
Description | Glass radiometers containing a spindle, with aluminium vanes attached and a dark base. Each in a partial vaccum, the rotor spins when the vanes are exposed to light. |
Extent | 7 instruments tbc |
ObjectName | Scientific Instrument |
Materials | Copper, aluminium, glass |
AccessStatus | Open |
Provenance | Presented to the Royal Society by William Crookes in 1911, intended to illustrate his papers on 'Repulsion resultion from radiation [...]' published in a the Philosophical Transactions between 1875-78 |
URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8489 |
https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8490 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8188 | Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist | 1832 - 1919 |