Glass plate

Glass plate, 44 x 44 mm Glass plate, 44 x 44 mm

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Glass plate, 44 x 44 mm
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Glass plate, 44 x 44 mm
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Glass plate, 44 x 44 mm, with paper label stuck along the bottom marked in manuscript 'Diffraction grating made by / Lord Rayleigh' and with a different pen 'PRS. 1878'. The plate produces no detectable diffraction phenomena but there are deposits on the back of the plate some of which could be remnants of a photographic emulsion.

Details

Category:
Rayleigh
Object Number:
2000-1471
Materials:
glass and unknown deposits
Measurements:
overall: 1.5 x 44 x 44 mm
type:
diffraction grating - transmission
credit:
Imperial College of Science,Technology & Medicine (Spectroscopy Group)