Spectroscope with camera in aluminium and brass

Made:
1890-1900 in Ealing
maker:
W Ottway and Company
and
Hammersley

Spectroscope with camera in aluminium and brass, signed by Hammersley, Islington, London and by W. Ottway and Co., Orion Works, Ealing, with wooden case. Listed as instrument no.23 at the Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington before being acquired by the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth Devon.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1987-1165
Materials:
brass, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and complete
Measurements:
overall: 250 x 600 x 470 mm
type:
spectroscope - astronomical
credit:
Christie's South Kensington Limited

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