Calorimeter Collection

Illustration depicting Rumford's calorimeter used to determine the amount of heat produced by combustion
5311489 Illustration depicting Rumford's calorimeter used to determine the amount of heat produced by combustion. Benjamin Thompson

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894), French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776
539933 Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894), French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776. 1874 (engraving from Louis Figuier Vies des Savant Illustres du XVIIIe Siecle)

Man as Machine. Registering the Heat-Energy of the Body
Page from The Illustrated London News demonstrating the calorimeter experiment at Sheffield University whereby a man is installed in a chamber In order to observe the heat generated by his body

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776 (1874). On the table in the right background of the picture is his calorimeter

Rumfords calorimeter, 1887. During his work in determining the efficiency of different fuels the Anglo-American scientist Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814)

Engraving depicting Lavoisier and Laplaces Calorimeter which he used to determine the amount of heat produced by combustion. Dated 19th Century

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1894) French chemist, demonstrating his discovery of oxygen, 1776. On the table in the right background of the picture is his calorimeter

Rumfords calorimeter used to determine amount of heat produced by combustion. Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814) Anglo-American scientist

Robert Hare (1781-1858) American chemist. Invented an oxyhydrogen blow-pipe and a calorimeter. A convert to spiritualism, he published Spiritualism Scientifically Demonstrated (1855)

Gas calorimeter

Joules Calorimeter
Joules current calorimeter Date: 19th century

Bomb calorimeter, 19th century
Bomb calorimeter. This diagram shows the bomb calorimeter designed by the French chemist Pierre Eugene Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907). It is used to measure the heat of chemical reactions

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Man as Machine: Unraveling the Energy Within - A journey through time, from Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's groundbreaking discovery of oxygen in 1776, to the intricate calorimeters of the 19th century. Witness Lavoisier's demonstration, as he investigates the existence of oxygen in the air, and marvel at the engraving of his calorimeter with Laplace. Fast forward to 1887, when Rumford's calorimeter revolutionized the measurement of heat produced by combustion. American chemist Robert Hare further advanced this technology with his invention of an oxyhydrogen blow-pipe and a calorimeter. From gas calorimeters to Joule's calorimeter and the bomb calorimeter, these instruments have played a pivotal role in understanding the energy transformations within our world, forever linking Man and Machine.