This film shows the non-continuous movement of mercury past the restriction in the glass tube of a clinical thermometer. An example of the use of cinematography in scientific research, this film is the first case in which cinematography through a microscope has been combined with high-speed cinematography at 3000 frames per second.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
313931
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Microcinematography
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Time lapse cinematography
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and science
Sound/audio
Silent
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)