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. 3048 / Aug. Oertling, Berlin” inscription on this example refers to August Oertling (1803-1866), a German mathematical instrument maker. The paper label in the door of the wooden case suggests that the firm continued for some years after Oertling’s death. It reads “AUG. OERTLING, / Mechaniker & Optiker. 37 Orienburger-Strasse 58 / BERLIN N. / Verdienst-Medaille de Wiener Welt-Austellung 1873.”
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.316416
label: catalog number
content: 316416
label: accession number
content: 223721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in; 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 8 in; 27.305 cm x 20.0025 cm x 20.32 cm