Achromatic deviation glass prism from artillary range-finder

Made:: 1930-1950 in Glasgow

maker:: Barr and Stroud Limited

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Achromatic glass deviation prism
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Achromatic glass deviation prism, consisting of two circular notched discs cemented together; from artillary range-finder, 70-cm baseline by Barr and Stroud Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, 1930-1950.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1955-320

Materials:: glass and Canada balsam

Measurements:: overall: Dp.5 mm x Dia. 25 mm, Wt. 0.119kg

type:: constant deviation prism and component - object

credit:: Banfield, Arthur Clive

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Achromatic deviation glass prism from artillary range-finder

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