Replica plane diffraction grating

Made:: 1900-1949 (estimated)

designer:: Thomas Thorp

Replica plane diffraction grating, area 75 x 52 mm, mounted on glass plate with label reading 'Thorp's Transparent Replica of Rowland / Metal Diffraction Grating / 14495 lines to the inch'.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 2000-1456

Materials:: glass

Measurements:: glass block: 4 x 98 x 73 mm

type:: diffraction grating - transmission

credit:: Imperial College of Science,Technology & Medicine (Spectroscopy Group)

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Replica plane diffraction grating

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