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Optical Pyrometer, by Ducretet, Paris

Inventory Number 16150


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.16150

Item type
Object
Makers
Ducretet
Provenance
Associated with Mesure & Nouel
Primary inscriptions
Lunette pyrometrique/ DE M.M. MESURE & NOUEL/ Sle des Etabissements DUCRETET/ a PARIS/ DEPOSE DEPOSE
Physical material
copper alloy
enamel
Glass
Dimensions
Diameter: 70mm Height: 240mm Weight: 541g
Inventory No
16150
Accession Number
1981-12

Description

An optical pyrometer measures the temperature of an object by using an optical apperatus to to focus the radiation, the temperature is displayed by changes in colour.