Goniometer
notes: label: Description
content: Irving Langmuir (1881-1957)—an American scientist who worked in the Research & Development Laboratory at General Electric, and who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1932—used this goniometer to measure the contact angle between liquid and solid surfaces.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315954
label: catalog number
content: 315954
label: accession number
content: 222955
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 16.3 cm x 12.7 cm; 5 1/2 in x 6 13/32 in x 5 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 5 5/16 in x 5 in; 16.51 cm x 13.49375 cm x 12.7 cm