Photograph showing a selection of scientific instruments from the Physical Cabinet of the Royal University of Padua

Made:
1876 in Padua

Photograph showing a selection of scientific instruments from the Physical Cabinet (collection) of the Royal University of Padua, Italy. These include heliostats by Tessarolo and Silbermann, a projector by Duboscq, lamp by Carlevaris, lamp for producing Drummond's light, and regulator for an electric arc lamp. The print was supplied by Prof Rossetti for display at the 1876 Loan Exhibition held at the South Kensington Museums, London.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1876-928
Materials:
paper, card and complete
Measurements:
overall: 215 x 165 x 2 mm
type:
black-and-white prints (photographs), ancillary instruments, astronomical instruments and heliostats (astronomical)
credit:
Royal University of Padua