Thermodynamic model

Description

Maxwell’s Thermodynamic Surface, on felt-covered wooden base covered by glass dome, modelled by James Clerk Maxwell, 1874 - 1879

Museum reference

T.1999.301

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Thermodynamic model

Production information

Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831 - 1879, Modeller
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

1874 - 1879

Materials

Glass, Wood

Physical description

Glass / wood / plaster?

Associations

OWNER: Chrystal, George, 1851 - 1911
OWNER: Crum Brown, Alexander, 1838 - 1922

Exhibitions

• Enquire (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Modern instruments and methods of calculation; a handbook of the Napier tercentenary exhibition, Horsburgh, E. M. (Ellice Martin), (1914) p312

Links to other web pages

Collection Story

On display

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