Wedgwoods pyrometer

International names:

Pyrometer

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Pyrometer, Wedgwood's. Mahogany box 200x120x70 with sliding lid; containing clay crucibles and cone pellets. Pull out brass scale 174x68 in drawer at the side. Scale in the form of a tapering groove. Scales 0-120 and 120-140. Pellets are marked 1,2,3 or not marked.Ref: Det phys Cab vol 2 p 57, pl 17 fig 10, 11, 12.Not signedc1800 (g)

• Category: Heat
• Hauch number: E32
• Inventory number: 6170
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 1685

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §236
• Cabinet 1: Bd.2 p.57; pl.17 fig 10

• Literature:
• The King George III Collection: E149

• Wedgwood(1782);
  Tychsen(1794) I p.449
  Gehler(1825-45) VII s.979-83;