Sujet
'Galileo's thermometer', 1592. Artist: Galileo Galilei
Légende
'Galileo's thermometer', 1592. A 1994 copy of the air thermometer made by Galileo Galilei, the celebrated Italian scientist. This was probably the first instrument made for the measurement of temperature and consisted of a long thin glass tube fitted with a number of glass balls weighted to be of different densities in a liquid and arranged to sink one after the other as the temperature rose. This thermometer is more accurately known as a 'termometro infingardo'.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1592
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_142
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,0Mo (460,0Ko) / 18,8cm x 24,0cm / 2216 x 2836 (300dpi)