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Nobili-Melloni radiant-heat thermopile
    • Setting:
      Room XVI
    • Inventor:
      Leopoldo Nobili, Macedonio Melloni
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      ca. 1831
    • Materials:
      bismuth, antimony, brass
    • Dimensions:
      ring diameter 55 mm
    • Inventory:
      1237
    • Nobili-Melloni radiant-heat thermopile (Inv. 1237)

Incomplete version of the Nobili - Melloni thermopile originally fitted with the brass cone-shaped tubes to collect radiant heat. Provenance: Lorraine collections.