An radiometer The Savoy theatre Launch of HMS 'Royal Albert'

Launch of HMS 'Royal Albert'

28th June 1990

matters had not improved in Ireland since

designed by Robert Smirke

Portsmouth Street

An radiometer The Savoy theatre Launch of HMS 'Royal Albert'A radiometer with aluminium vanes. An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy. Mounted in a partial vacuum, the central rotor spins when the vanes are exposed to light. Chemist William Crookes (1832 1919) initially believed the vanes with black surfaces were pushed around by pressure from light radiation. This was incorrect and other theories were put forward. It was not until 1879 that Osborne Reynolds suggested the