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 “W. & S. JONES, Holborn, London” inscription refers to an instrument firm that was in business from 1791 to 1859.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1993.0087.02
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0087.02
label: accession number
content: 1993.0087
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 11.43 cm x 14.605 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 4 in x 4 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.795 cm