Pyrometer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1820-1830
name: label: maker
content: Maison Pixii
notes: label: Description
content: This pyrometer measures the thermal expansion of metals. The form was designed by Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692-1761), a Dutch natural philosopher who spent most of his career teaching in Leiden. This example has a marble base, and a dial (5.25 inches diameter) marked from zero to sixty. The "Pixii Á Paris" inscription refers to an important family of instrument makers active in Paris throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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.315649
label: catalog number
content: 315649
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pyrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 12 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 16.51 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 16.51 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 5/8 in x 6 1/4 in x 13 in; 34.6075 cm x 15.875 cm x 33.02 cm