Set of 12 Nicol prisms in case by E. Lutz

Made:: 1870-1876 in Paris

maker:: Lutz, Edouard

Set of 12 Nicol prisms in case by E. Lutz, Paris, c. 1876.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1876-351

type:: polarizer and nicol prism

credit:: Lutz, Edouard

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Nicol Prism by Edouard Lutz, Paris, 1876

one Nicol prism from set of 12 prisms in case by E. Lutz, Paris, c. 1876.

Measurements:: overall: 27 mm x 89 mm x 28 mm, , .165kg

Materials:: gypsum

Object Number:: 1876-351/1

type:: polarizer and nicol prism

Eleven Nicol prisms from set of 12, in case

eleven Nicol prisms from set of 12 in case by E. Lutz, Paris, 1876.

Materials:: Iceland spar , leather , textile , cotton (textile) , cotton (fibre) , silk , wood (unidentified) , metal (unknown) , copper (alloy) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: 1876-351/2

type:: polarizer and nicol prism

Set of 12 Nicol prisms in case by E. Lutz

Details

Parts

Nicol Prism by Edouard Lutz, Paris, 1876

Eleven Nicol prisms from set of 12, in case

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