Crookes radiometer

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Crookes radiometer

Summary

Crookes radiometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Crookes radiometer is credited with the discovery of William Crookes[2].
  • Crookes radiometer's video is recorded as 24. Круксов радиометар.ogv[3].
  • Crookes radiometer's image is recorded as Crookes radiometer.jpg[4].
  • William Crookes is named after Crookes radiometer[5].
  • Crookes radiometer's subclass of is recorded as office toy[6].
  • Crookes radiometer's subclass of is recorded as radiometer[7].
  • Crookes radiometer's Commons category is recorded as Light mills[8].
  • Crookes radiometer's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1873-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Crookes radiometer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020cf[10].
  • Crookes radiometer's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/Crookes-radiometer[11].
  • Crookes radiometer's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00023926n[12].
  • Crookes radiometer's Quora topic ID is recorded as Crookes-Radiometer[13].
  • Crookes radiometer's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i52520[14].
  • Crookes radiometer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 105367725[15].
  • Crookes radiometer's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Radiomètre_de_Crookes[16].

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Works and Contributions

Crookes radiometer is credited with the discovery of William Crookes[2].

Why It Matters

Crookes radiometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Crookes radiometer. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/crookes-radiometer
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