Thermopile

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OBJECT TYPE: DIFFERENTIAL
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2422.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NON-FERROUS METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 32.1 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Demonstration & teaching equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF LARGE & VARIED COLLECTION OF OVER 7500 ELECTRICAL ITEMS ACQUIRED & DOCUMENTED BY ONTARIO HYDRO IN 1960S. COLLECTION WAS THOUGHT TO BE LARGEST & MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN CANADA & WAS DONATED TO NMST IN 1992.
Function: DEVICE CONSISTING OF SERIES OF THERMOCOUPLES, USED TO CONVERT RADIANT ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY & TO DETECT & MEASURE RADIANT ENERGY.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF DIFFERENTIAL THERMOPILE USED IN EXPERIMENTS ON RADIANT HEAT. INVENTEDBY ITALIAN PHYSICIST MACEDONIO MELLONI (1798-1854), THERMOPILE CONSISTS OF NUMBER OF THERMOCOUPLES (COUPLES OF DISSIMILAR METALS) JOINED TOGETHER & INSULATED FROM ONE ANOTHER. SEE SIMILAR EXAMPLES IN BAIRD & TATLOCK 1924 CATALOGUE (REF. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: FLAT BLACK PAINTED BASE/ GOLD COLOURED BODY
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Thermopile, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1992.2422, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2422.001/

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