Heliostat with spring driven clock drive for use with table top spectrometers by Adam Hilger Ltd.

Made:: 1919 in London

maker:: Adam Hilger Limited

Heliostat with spring driven clock drive for use with table top

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Heliostat with spring driven clock drive for use with table top spectrometers by Adam Hilger Ltd., London, dated 1919 from serial number L.7.301/19205. Used at Imperial College of Science and Technology.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 2000-1468

Materials:: brass, steel, glass and complete

Measurements:: overall: 390 x 380 x 310 mm

type:: ancillary instruments, astronomical instruments and heliostats (astronomical)

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

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Heliostat with spring driven clock drive for use with table top spectrometers by Adam Hilger Ltd.

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