Hair Hygrometer (replica)
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Object Details
- Description
- This is a replica of the second model of the hair hygrometer devised by Horace Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799).
- Ref: Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Essais sur l’Hygrometrie (Neufchatel, 1783).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Weather Bureau
- before 1954
- ID Number
- PH.314542
- catalog number
- 314542
- accession number
- 204612
- Object Name
- Hygrometer
- hygrometer (replica)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 16 1/4 in x 6 5/8 in; 8.255 cm x 41.275 cm x 16.8275 cm
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Thermometers and Hygrometers
- Measuring & Mapping
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1167500
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-fa4c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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