- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Philip Harris & Co.
- Provenance
- Presented by Headington School, Oxford, in 2011.
- Primary inscriptions
- PHILIP HARRIS & CO LTD / BHAM
- Dimensions
- Height: 295mm Width: 91mm Depth: 140mm Weight: 1kg
- Inventory No
- 13407
- Accession Number
- 2011-13/1
Description
The Thermophile detects heat at a distance. Pivoting brass cone mounted on iron base. In the centre of the brass cone is a set of thermocouples which generate a voltage in response to temperature.
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