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Litrameter Listen Robert Hare was a lecturer in chemistry at Pennsylvania University. His litrameter was represented in science periodicals of both the old and new world. By his own account he used st
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is an original, the inscription on the box reads: "Sikes's Hydrometer, John McGlashan & Co, Albany Works, Glascow" Literature Martin, T. (2007). Hydrometry and slide rules in brewing and distilling. Journal
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Hydrostatic Balance on the model of 's Gravesande Listen This device is used to determine the density of liquids. To do so the two cups below the scale pans are filled with different liquids. Attached
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Galileo's Inclined Plane Experiment Listen Galileo's inclined plane is a wooden beam of approximately 6,7m length the top of which has a hemicircular vellum-bound notch. The vellum is used in order to
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Demonstration device for the parabolic flight curve according to ‘sGravesande Listen The demonstration device according to 'sGravensande and van Musschenbroek is first mentioned in the 1742 edition of
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instruments amongst them a heliothermal steam engine. He was awarded a gold medal for the scope of his work on occasion of the 1878 Paris World Fair. Literature Mouchot, A. (1869). La chaleur solaire et ses
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Geiger Müller counter tube Listen The Geiger Müller counter tube is one of the earliest measurement devices for the field of radioactivity. Walter Müller developed it under the auspices of his thesis
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Millikan's apparatus for the determination of the elementary charge Listen From 1909 until 1911 Robert A. Millikan together with his assistant Harvey Fletcher conducted experiments to determine the el
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Barlow's Wheel Listen Barlow's Wheel is the prototype of unipolar engine. Peter Barlow published its description in 1822 in the article "A curious electro-magnetic experiment". The star-shaped copper
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Coulomb's Torsion Balance Listen Coulomb's Torsion Balance is a setup based on two glass cylinders, one of 65cm length with a torsion micrometer (fig.2, right) is placed on a glass plate that rests on