Pyrometer
date: label: date made
content: 1875
name: label: maker
content: Golaz, Lucien
notes: label: Description
content: This pyrometer measures the thermal expansion of metals. The form resembles the instrument introduced in 1830 by the English scientist, John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845). The "L. Golaz, Constr. 24, rue des Fosses St Jacques, Paris 1875" inscription is that of Edme Louis Golaz, a French instrument maker who began in business in 1830, died in 1891, and was succeeded by his son.
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: Union College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.327548
label: catalog number
content: 327548
label: accession number
content: 266154
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pyrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 6 in x 15 in; 23.495 cm x 15.24 cm x 38.1 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/16 in x 17 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 23.33625 cm x 45.085 cm x 14.9225 cm