Re: Crooke's Radiometer

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@ucdavis.edu>]

April 6, 1999
Davis, CA

Maybe it is called a radiometer because (1) it responds to electromagnetic
radiation in the form of light and especially infrared radiation, and (2)
it was named before the discovery of ionizing radiation.

Otto
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