Mercury Vacuum Pump after Geissler
probably Max Kohl, Chemnitz, Germany
about 1900
Overall: 70 in. (177.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.35203
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Pneumatics
Not on view
Published References
Used in Nichols and Hull's "pressure of light" experiment, 1900-1903
Provenance
Physics Department, Dartmouth College; transferred by Professor Doyle to the Dartmouth College Museum, December 1960; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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