Interferometer for the testing and correction of prisms

Made:: 1950-1959 in London

maker:: Hilger and Watts Limited

Interferometer for the testing and correction of prisms. Includes wooden stand, cast base, collimator, telescope, three mirror assemblies, camera and steel cover. Condition good. Made by Hilger & Watts Ltd., 98 St. Pancras Way, Camden Road, London, NW1, England, 1950-1959.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1994-491

type:: interferometer - light

credit:: Defence Research Agency

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Interferometer for the testing and correction of prisms

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