Circular quartz planar mirror (5-inch)

Made:: 1960-1970 in England

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Circular quartz planar mirror (5-inch)
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Circular quartz planar mirror (5-inch), aluminium coated with wooden case, unsigned, 1960-1970.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 2001-677

Materials:: quartz, aluminium, wood and complete

Measurements:: overall: 40 x 170 x 170 mm

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

credit:: University of Oxford (Dept of Physics)

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Circular quartz planar mirror (5-inch)

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