Tourmaline tongs

Made:: 1850-1949

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Tourmaline tongs, for experiments on the polarisation of light
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Tourmaline tongs, for experiments on the polarisation of light

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Category:: Science Teaching

Object Number:: 1986-1458

type:: tongs

credit:: Eton College. Physics Dept.

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Tourmaline tongs

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