Circular glass mirror (5 1/2-inch)

Made:
1930-1939 in Newcastle upon Tyne
maker:
Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Company
Circular glass mirror (5 1/2-inch)

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Circular glass mirror (5 1/2-inch)
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Circular glass mirror (5 1/2-inch), silver coated in plastic case with wooden box. Inscription scratched on the front edge of mirror reads, 'GRUBB-PARSONS No 4977 focus 170", 1930-1939.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
2001-680
Materials:
glass, silver, plastic, wood and complete
Measurements:
overall (mirror): 22 x 140 mm
type:
components, concave mirrors, glass mirrors and astronomical instruments
credit:
University of Oxford (Dept of Physics)