Lambrecht's Hygrometer
date: label: date made
content: 1859
name: label: maker
content: Lambrecht, Wilhelm
notes: label: Description
content: A hair hygrometer determines the moisture in the air by measuring the expansion of a piece of hair. This example is marked “U.S.W.B. 87” and “LAMBRECHT’S HYGROMETER. Percentage of Humidity.” It was made at the firm established by Wilhelm Lambrecht in Göttingen in 1859.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Lower Saxony, Göttingen
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Thermometers and Hygrometers
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Weather Bureau
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314527
label: catalog number
content: 314527
label: accession number
content: 204612
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hair hygrometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 4.445 cm x 13.6525 cm