Goniometer
notes: label: Description
content: William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), an English chemist, invented the reflecting goniometer in 1809. This example probably belonged to Charles Nicoll Bancker (1777-1869), a Philadelphia insurance executive whose splendid collection of philosophical apparatus was purchased for the Stevens Institute of Technology. The “Soleil Fils Opten., Rue de l’Odeon No. 35 à Paris” inscription refers to J. B. F. Soleil, an optical instrument maker who opened a shop at this address in 1825 and who, for a while, used the term “Fils” to distinguish himself from his father, who also made optical instruments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stevens Institute of Technology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0087.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0087.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0087
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.3 cm x 6.25 cm x 7.75 cm; 5 1/4 in x 2 15/32 in x 3 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 in x 5 7/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 12.7 cm x 14.9225 cm