Goniometer
date: label: date made
content: after 1891
name: label: maker
content: R. Fuess
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, suggested the addition of telescopes to Wollaston’s instrument. This example is of that sort. The “R. FUESS STEGLITZ-BERLIN” inscription on the vertical circle refers to an important German optical firm that began in business in Berlin in 1865, and moved to Steglitz, a suburb, in 1892.
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.334623
label: catalog number
content: 334623
label: accession number
content: 308729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Goniometer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.3 cm x 22.9 cm x 24.8 cm; 11 5/32 in x 9 1/32 in x 9 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 9 3/4 in; 28.575 cm x 22.225 cm x 24.765 cm