Nine prisms in wooden box

Made:: 1880-1900 in Birmingham

manufacturer:: Chance Brothers Limited

Nine prisms in wooden box, including a composite one made out of six different glasses, 5 by Chance of Birmingham, with MS list of the glasses, late 19th century (Wellcome B885)

Details

Category:: Optics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: 1984-1340

type:: prism- optical, porro prism, erecting prism and porro–abbe prism

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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