Accession No

1469

Brief Description

thermopile III, designed, made and used by A. C. Downing, R. W. Gerard, and A. V. Hill, for the first successful experiments measuring the heat production of nerves, English, 1926

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Downing, A. C. Gerard, R. W. Hill, A. V.

Class

physics (?)

Earliest Date

1926

Latest Date

1926

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass); plastic (vulcanite); rubber

Dimensions

box length 443mm;breadth 314mm; height 90mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated in 26/01/1970. Demonstrated in Department of Physiology, University of Cambridge, as part of Physiological Society Centenary celebrations, 1976. Designed, made and used by Downing, Hill and Gerard.

Inscription

Description Notes

2 glass and brass sheaths for inlet and outlet tubes to carry electrical leads, clamped to vulcanite terminal board. Sheaths pass through rubber bung to the thermopile elements mounted on vulcanite block. Thermopile encased in glass tube.

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