Circular Glass Mirror, Silver and Platinised, by Leon Foucault, 1857-1868

PART OF:: Silvered and platinized glass

Made:: 1857-1868 in Paris

maker:: Leon Foucault

Experimental, circular glass mirror, silver and platinised

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Experimental, circular glass mirror, silver and platinised, by Leon Foucault, Paris, France, 1857-1868, which he presented to John Herschel, Slough, England.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1943-55/1

Materials:: glass, silver and platinum

Measurements:: overall: 13 mm x x , 102 mm, .165kg

type:: components, concave mirrors, glass mirrors and astronomical instruments

credit:: Revd Sir John Charles William Herschel

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Circular Glass Mirror, Silver and Platinised, by Leon Foucault, 1857-1868

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