Goniometer
name: label: Maker
content: Pixii, Hippolyte
notes: label: Description
content: William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), an English chemist, invented the reflecting goniometer in 1809, and described it in the <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</i>. This example came from the U.S. Military Academy. The “Pixii / Rue du Jardinet No. 2 a Paris” inscription indicates that it was made before 1838, when the firm moved to a new location.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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.315652
label: catalog number
content: 315652
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 11/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 11/16 in; 16.9545 cm x 12.065 cm x 11.8745 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 9/16 in x 3 13/16 in x 3 5/8 in; 16.66875 cm x 9.68375 cm x 9.2075 cm