Bingham Viscometer
notes: label: Description
content: Eugene Cook Bingham (1878-1945) was working as a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards when he designed this type of instrument. He received a Certificate of Merit from the Franklin Institute in 1921. He later taught at Lafayette College, and conducted research relating to rheology.
label: Description
content: A viscometer (or viscosimeter) measures the viscosity of a fluid.
label: Description
content: Ref: E. C. Bingham, “A New Viscometer for General Scientific and Technical Purposes,” <i>Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry</i> 6 (March 1914): 233-237.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Rohm & Haas Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334140
label: catalog number
content: 334140
label: accession number
content: 1978.0434
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Viscometer, Bingham
label: Object Name
content: viscometer
label: Object Name
content: viscometer%
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: cylinder: 15.3 cm x 12 cm; 6 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 66.7 cm x 21.3 cm x 29 cm; 26 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 11 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: dome: 45.7 cm x 28 cm; 18 in x 11 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in x 11 3/8 in; 66.675 cm x 21.59 cm x 28.8925 cm