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Description: | Chem. 16 (in white ink on inside of leg of tripod stand). C1 (written on gummed paper label, removed). Quartz Piezo electrique de P. Curie Societe Centrale de prodits chimiques 44 rue des Ecoles 28 (engraved on the brass casing). 0.600 (engraved on one of the brass mounts of the quartz lamina) DES CURIE,Pierre. after 1880 Paris France MANU Society Centrale De Produits Ghimiques circa 1893 Ancien Maison Rousseau, 42-44, Rue Des Ecoles, Paris France DES CURIE,Jean after 1880 This is a chemical balance designed by Jean and Pierre Curie after the Curies discovered the Piezo electric effect in 1880. This type of electrometer was used to discover the atomic weight of Polonium. On loan to the Physics and Astronomy Department EXIT NUMBER 2092 it is object 13 in display case D Kelvin & 'the New Professors ', in room 470, The Kelvin Building, Department of Physics and Astronomy Glasgow University. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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