Wheatstone polar clock for telling the time from the angle of polarisation of light in the sky

Wheatstone polar clock for telling the time from the angle of

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Wheatstone polar clock for telling the time from the angle of
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Wheatstone polar clock for telling the time from the angle of polarisation of light in the sky, by W. H. Darker, Lambeth, 1846-51

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Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1997-1666
type:
polar clock
credit:
Wellcome Trustees