Apparatus for measuring the brightness of the night sky and box containing 10 light filters

Made:: 1900-1939 in England

maker:: Robert John Strutt

Apparatus by the 4th Baron Rayleigh for measuring the

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Apparatus by the 4th Baron Rayleigh for measuring the
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Apparatus for measuring the brightness of the night sky (by comparison with fluorescent light excited by radiations from a uranium sample) with a box containing 4 large light filters and 6 small light filters, by Robert John Strutt (4th Baron Rayleigh), England, 1900-1939

Apparatus for measuring the brightness of the night sky

1900-1939

Box containing 10 light filters

1900-1939

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1969-307

Measurements:: overall: 220g

type:: equipment

credit:: Lord Rayleigh (5th Baron)

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