Goniometer
name: label: maker
content: Oertling, August
notes: label: Description
content: William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), an English chemist, invented the reflecting goniometer in 1809. The “No. 21083 / Aug. Oertling / in Berlin” inscription on this example refers to the German instrument maker, August Oertling (1803-1866). A paper label in the door of the wooden case reads “AUG. OERTLING, / Mechaniker & Optiker. 37 Orienburger-Strasse 58 / BERLIN N. / Verdienst-Medaille de Wiener Welt-Austellung 1873.” It suggests that the firm continued for a few years after Oertling’s death.
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.328758
label: catalog number
content: 328758
label: accession number
content: 308252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 7.4 cm; 3 9/32 in x 2 29/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 15/16 in; 11.43 cm x 7.46125 cm