Goniometer
name: label: Maker
content: Troughton & Simms
notes: label: Description
content: William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), an English chemist, invented the reflecting goniometer in 1809. Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863), a German chemist, added telescopes to Wollaston’s design. The "Troughton & Simms London" inscription on this example is that of an important and long-lived instrument firm in London.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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.328754
label: catalog number
content: 328754
label: accession number
content: 308252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 9 in x 12 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 22.86 cm x 31.115 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/8 in x 10 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 28.2575 cm x 26.67 cm x 24.765 cm