Lambrecht's Polymeter
date: label: date made
content: late nineteenth century
name: label: maker
content: Lambrecht, Wilhelm
notes: label: Description
content: This multi-purpose meteorological instrument consists of a mercury thermometer for temperature and a hair hygrometer for humidity. The inscription on the face reads "LAMBRECHT'S POLYMETER" Wilhelm Lambrecht, a mechanical, optical and meteorological instrument maker in Göttingen, designed this type of hair hygrometer 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
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.333981
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 333981
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polymeter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in; 24.765 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 in; 24.765 cm x 7.9375 cm x 2.54 cm