Object Details
- Description
- Richard Assmann, a German meteorologist and professor at the University of Berlin, designed an "aspiration psychrometer" that used a clockwork fan to draw air past the bulbs. The "R. Fuess Berlin-Steglitz 1121460" inscription on this example identifies the manufacturer.
- Ref: R. Assmann, "Aspirationspsychromometer," Zeitschrift fur Instrumentenkunde 12 (1892): 1-12.
- R. Fuess, Liste D2 über Thermometer, Psychrometer, Hygrometer und Hypsometer (Steglitz, 1910), pp. 6-8.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- R. Fuess
- date made
- after 1891
- after 1892
- Credit Line
- U.S. Weather Bureau
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 24.4475 cm x 9.8425 cm
- Object Name
- psychrometer
