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Nobili's box thermopile
    • Setting:
      Room XVI
    • Inventor:
      Leopoldo Nobili
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Date:
      ca. 1830
    • Materials:
      bismuth, antimony, brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 63 mm, diameter 81 mm
    • Inventory:
      1231
    • Nobili's box thermopile (Inv. 1231)

Nobili's thermopile with 100 antimony and bismuth elements. Nobili's "box" thermopile was used as a source of thermoelectricity and not as a detector for studying the properties of radiant heat. Provenance: Lorraine collections.