Demonstration polariscope with red leather case.
- Made:
- 1830-1880 in United Kingdom
Demonstration polariscope, rosewood and ivory frame and handle a with rotating mount containing six mineral crystals samples and oval red leather and wood case with velvet and silk lining, unsigned, British, 1830-1880. Once the property of Sylvanus P Thompson (1851-1916), professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1982-1549
- Materials:
- rosewood, ivory, brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified), vevet and silk
- Measurements:
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overall (case & polariscope): 45 mm x 155 mm x 65 mm, W. 0.0127kg
- credit:
- Aggs, G.