Polariscope by Harvey & Peak

Made:: 1884-1889 in London

maker:: Harvey and Peak

Polariscope by Harvey & Peak, successors to W. Ladd & Co., Beak St., London, In incomplete wooden case (case front missing), instrument signed.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 2001-642

Materials:: mahogany, brass, calcite, glass, wood and metal

Measurements:: case (overall): 315 x 740 x 260 mm
instrument (overall): 270 x 690 x 235 mm

type:: polariscope

credit:: Unknown source

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Polariscope by Harvey & Peak

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