overall: 5 1/8 in x 10 in x 2 3/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 25.4 cm x 6.985 cm
Object Name:
pyrometer, optical
pyrometer
Description:
The "Shore Instrument & Mfg. Co., New York. Pat. Apld for." inscription on this optical pyrometer refers to the firm founded by Alfred Ferdinand Shore (1877-1936), inventor, metallurgical engineer, and winner of the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute.
Ref: “Albert F. Shore, 59, Inventor, Is Dead,” New York Times (Jan. 19, 1936), p. N9.
“William F. Shore Dies,” New York Times (March 16, 1960), p. 37.
F. T. Havard, Refractories and Furnaces (New York, 1912), pp. 316-318.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering
