Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault) in small wooden box

Made:: 1857-1868 in Paris and France

maker:: Leon Foucault

Circular Glass Mirror, Silver and Platinised, by Leon Foucault, 1857-1868

1857-1868

Silvered and platinized glass (Foucault)

1857-1868

Small wooden case for silvered and platinized glass

Rectangular pane of glass with engraved inscription

1857

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1943-55

Materials:: glass and wood

type:: components, concave mirrors, glass mirrors and astronomical instruments

credit:: Revd Sir John Charles William Herschel

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