An otheoscope Size:L: 80 x 60cm 1937 Ford V8 model 78

1937 Ford V8 model 78 Club Cabriolet

the print is embossed 'Charles Spencer

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Landscape with lake and steam clouds in the middle distance

View of Chartwell House in Kent

An otheoscope Size:L: 80 x 60cm 1937 Ford V8 model 78An otheoscope with fixed vanes of oxidised copper and coloured disc above it. An instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy, a modification of the radiometer. 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