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:
overall (case & polariscope): 45 mm x 155 mm x 65 mm, W. 0.0127kg
type:
polariscope, optical demonstration equipment and instrument case
credit:
Aggs, G.