Part of Melloni's bench

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Inventory Number:

THE02

Brass bar fixed to a base of mahogany wood.
It is a simple optical bench used by Melloni to study the laws of the distribution of radiating heat.
Functioning:
On the bar could be set various components, including lenses, light and heat sources, thermoelectric piles etc. It is used for experiments on radiation, refraction, absorption and reflection of heat.
Macedonio Melloni was a famous Italian physicist of the early nineteenth century.

The entire apparatus as kept at the Museum of Physics in Naple (courtesy Museo di Fisica)

Data

Date:

1850 (c.)

Materials:

Brass, mahogany wood

Origin:

University of Athens - Faculty of Philosophy

Location:

Museum of Science and Technology, University of Athens

Dimensions:

Length : 97cm, Height : 10cm

Thermodynamics