24th Nov, 2022 11:00
Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books
William Crookes, Original Document Box
An original document box with the name 'Wm. Crookes Esq FRS' painted in gold lettering to the side, along with a period photogravure of Crookes, box with original keys
Sir William Crookes OM PRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics.
He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy. He was also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected.
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An original document box with the name 'Wm. Crookes Esq FRS' painted in gold lettering to the side, along with a period photogravure of Crookes, box with original keys
Sir William Crookes OM PRS (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875. This was a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics.
He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy. He was also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected.
Auction: Fine Scientific & Medical Instruments and Books, 24th Nov, 2022
