Surface Tension Meter (replica)
notes: label: Description
content: Irving Langmuir (1881-1957) was an American who won a Nobel Prize in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry. Most notably, he developed a way to study layers of materials that are but one molecule thick. This meter stick is a replica of the one that Langmuir used in that surface tension apparatus.
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.316573
label: catalog number
content: 316573
label: accession number
content: 222955
objectType: label: Object Name
content: meter, surface tension
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 14 in x 28 in; 28.575 cm x 35.56 cm x 71.12 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 3/4 in x 14 1/8 in x 28 in; 29.845 cm x 35.8775 cm x 71.12 cm