Lambrecht's Polymeter
name: label: Maker
content: Wilhelm Lambrecht
label: maker
content: Wilhelm Lambrecht
notes: label: Description
content: This multi-purpose meteorological instrument consists of a mercury thermometer for temperature and a hair hygrometer for humidity. The "LAMBRECHT'S POLYMETER" inscription on the face refers to Wilhelm Lambrecht, a mechanical, optical and meteorological instrument maker in Göttingen who designed this form around 1880. The firm remains in business, advertising as "The Weather Specialists Since 1859."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Lower Saxony, Göttingen
label: Place Made
content: Germany: Lower Saxony, Göttingen
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: ZZ.RSN79566Z32
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polymeter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 24.765 cm x 7.9375 cm x 2.2225 cm