Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)

PART OF:: Silvered and platinized glass

Made:: 1857-1868 in Paris and France

maker:: Leon Foucault

Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)

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Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1943-55/2

Materials:: glass

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

credit:: Revd Sir John Charles William Herschel

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Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)

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