One of a pair of prisms in frames

Made:: Fleet Street

maker:: Jeremiah Sisson

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Category:: King George III

Object Number:: 1927-1279

Materials:: brass, glass and spirit

Measurements:: max: height 485 mm
length 195 mm
dial: diameter 75 mm
prism: length 96 mm
side of prism: length 35 mm

type:: prism

credit:: King’s College London

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One of a pair of prisms in frames

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