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Definition of Crookes radiometer
1. Noun. Electromagnetic radiometer consisting of a small paddlewheel that rotates when placed in daylight.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crookes Radiometer
Literary usage of Crookes radiometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1889)
"A very interesting illustration of the direct transformation of heat into motion
is afforded by the instrument known as Crookes' Radiometer. ..."
2. Discover Your Creator Contacting You by Alan Fraser Bell, Heather Louise Bell (2002)
"RADIOMETER Crookes radiometer J. CLERK MAXWELL discovered that light exerts a
pressure when it falls perpendicularly upon a surface, equal to the amount of ..."
3. Evolution of the Electric Incandescent Lamp by Franklin Leonard Pope (1894)
"CROOKES' RADIOMETER. Fio. 2. ... lamp essentially nothing more than an adaptation
of the fibrous carbon to the exhausted glass bulb of Crookes' radiometer. ..."
4. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1877)
"... in the prosecution of their researches into the movements of Crookes' radiometer,
have devised methods of producing very perfect exhaustion of air from ..."
5. Submarine Telegraphs: Their History, Construction, and Working. Founded in by Charles Bright (1898)
"Station Installation: Transmitting Keys: Earth Connection: Arrangements for
Recording Messages at the Sending End : Saunders' Key—Crookes' Radiometer for ..."
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