bolometer

device for measuring the power of incident electromagnetic radiation via the heating of a material with a temperature-dependent electrical resistance
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bolometer
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bolometer

Summary

bolometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • bolometer is credited with the discovery of Samuel Langley[2].
  • bolometer's image is recorded as JPL Spiderweb Bolometer.jpg[3].
  • bolometer's image is recorded as Bolometer for terahertz radiation detection.jpg[4].
  • bolometer's GND ID is recorded as 4146260-9[5].
  • bolometer's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85015445[6].
  • bolometer's subclass of is recorded as measuring instrument[7].
  • bolometer's has use is recorded as bolometric correction[8].
  • bolometer's Commons category is recorded as Bolometers[9].
  • bolometer's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1878-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • bolometer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p945[11].
  • bolometer's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300195863[12].
  • bolometer's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13].
  • bolometer's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • bolometer's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/bolometer[15].
  • bolometer's Treccani ID is recorded as bolometro[16].
  • bolometer's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as bolometers[17].
  • bolometer's Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID is recorded as bolometro[18].
  • bolometer's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as bolometer[19].
  • bolometer's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 021804[20].
  • bolometer's schematic is recorded as Bolometer conceptual schematic.svg[21].
  • bolometer's schematic is recorded as Bolometer conceptual schematic fr.svg[22].
  • bolometer's schematic is recorded as Schema bolometru.png[23].
  • bolometer's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as bolometro[24].
  • bolometer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 21028948[25].
  • bolometer's De Agostini ID is recorded as bolòmetro[26].

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Works and Contributions

bolometer is credited with the discovery of Samuel Langley[2].

Why It Matters

bolometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[1] bolometer has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] bolometer is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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