Direct vision hand held spectroscope by Browning

Made:: 1867 in London

maker:: John Browning

Direct vision hand held spectroscope by Browning

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Direct vision hand held spectroscope by Browning
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Direct vision hand held spectroscope by Browning, London for observing the spectra of meteors and stars with wooden case. The Royal Society instrument is likely to have been used to view the spectra of the Sun's corona on the official British expedition sent to India for the 1868 solar eclipse.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1900-135

Materials:: brass, glass, wood and incomplete

type:: spectroscope - direct vision and solar eclipse

credit:: The Royal Society

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