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Melloni thermoelectric battery
Edouard Lutz1837/1852
École Polytechnique
Palaiseau, France
Invented in 1851, this battery makes it possible to study, using a rock salt prism, the distribution of heat in a solar prism spectrum. Very sensitive, it has been used for experimental research on heat radiation. It is the most used thermoscopic device for radiant heat studies
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- Title: Melloni thermoelectric battery
- Creator: Edouard Lutz
- Date Created: 1837/1852
- Physical Dimensions: H 38 x P 18 x L 18 cm
- Subject Keywords: Science, Technology, Physique
- Type: Artefact
- Rights: École polytechnique, Jean-Luc Deniel
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