Crystal models made from wooden spheres

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Seven similar crystal models, each compromising four wooden spheres arranged as regular tetrahedron. A pointed brass wire protrudes three inches out of each model.

Part of a collection of models used to teach Crystallography at King's College London in the nineteenth century.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1927-2066/92
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
type:
molecular models and crystal models
credit:
King's College, London