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Toy polariscope

Toy polariscope

1828-1830

Norrenberg polariscope with Wheatstone's improvements

Norrenberg polariscope with Wheatstone's improvements

1876

Large projection polariscope in three mahogany cabinets

Large projection polariscope in three mahogany cabinets

1875-1880

Norrenberg Polariscope especially adapted for crystallographic work

Norrenberg Polariscope especially adapted for crystallographic work

Newton & Co. Polariscope

Newton & Co. Polariscope

1865-1875

Norrenberg Polariscope by Soleil

Norrenberg Polariscope by Soleil

Rutley's polariscope, no polarizing nicol prism

Rutley's polariscope, no polarizing nicol prism

Plate cut from tourmaline uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from tourmaline uniaxial crystal

Airy polariscope modified by Brady

Airy polariscope modified by Brady

Brass demonstration polariscope with biaxial crystal

Brass demonstration polariscope with biaxial crystal

1830-1880

Polariscope

Polariscope

1840-1850

Plate cut from barytes biaxial crystal

Plate cut from barytes biaxial crystal

Plate cut from 1mm calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from 1mm calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from hemitrope calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from hemitrope calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from anhydrite biaxial crystal

Plate cut from anhydrite biaxial crystal

Plate cut from corundum uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from corundum uniaxial crystal

Wollaston's polariscope No. 948

Wollaston's polariscope No. 948

1850-1899 (estimated)

Lantern Polariscope

Lantern Polariscope

1870-1880

Glass plate used as polariser, in case

Glass plate used as polariser, in case

1850-1924

Lantern polariscope

Lantern polariscope

Plate cut from axinite biaxial crystal

Plate cut from axinite biaxial crystal

Plate cut from apophyllite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from apophyllite uniaxial crystal

Small polariscope, by C.D. Ahrens

Small polariscope, by C.D. Ahrens

Plate cut from brucite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from brucite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from right-handed quartz uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from right-handed quartz uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from left-handed quartz uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from left-handed quartz uniaxial crystal

Polariscope, wood and glass

Polariscope, wood and glass

1850-1924

Plate cut from beryl uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from beryl uniaxial crystal

Hand polariscope

Hand polariscope

1845-1855

Plate cut from dioptase uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from dioptase uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from 0.5mm calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from 0.5mm calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from zircon uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from zircon uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from 3mm calcite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from 3mm calcite uniaxial crystal

Polariscope (c.1840-50)

Polariscope (c.1840-50)

1840-1850

Plate cut from adularia biaxial crystal

Plate cut from adularia biaxial crystal

Plate cut from meionite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from meionite uniaxial crystal

Polariscope

Polariscope

1850-1924

Polariscope (c.1850)

Polariscope (c.1850)

1850

Polariscope (c.1840-50)

Polariscope (c.1840-50)

1840-1850

Polariscope by Reichert no.2472

Polariscope by Reichert no.2472

Plate cut from apatite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from apatite uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from aragonite biaxial crystal

Plate cut from aragonite biaxial crystal

Plate cut from 8mm quartz uniaxial crystal

Plate cut from 8mm quartz uniaxial crystal

Early Arago Polariscope, in case, French, c1870. [stack of glass plates in brass frame] For measuring intensity of polarized light.

Early Arago Polariscope, in case, French, 1870

1865-1875

Polariscope and accessories, (polari-microscope) in case with key, made by J. G. Hofmann, Paris (damaged).

Polariscope and accessories

Arago polariscope

Arago polariscope

Complete Jessop-Leech Photoelastic Bench (Polariscope) by Leech (Rochester) Ltd, UK, incorporating alternative mercury-vapour and tungsten light sources, complete with power unit for the mercury-vapour system, as used in the Structural Engineering Laboratory of Imperial College, London

Complete Jessop-Leech Photoelastic Bench (Polariscope) by Leech (Rochester) Ltd

1962

Ladd's Polariscope on iron tripod, with lens and quarter undulations plate, made by William Ladd, London, c.1872

Ladd's Polariscope on iron tripod

1870

Elbow projection polariscope, with six large slides, kaleidoscope slide and accessory slide holder with five slides, by Newton & Co., Fleet Street, London, England, 1890-1900

Elbow projection polariscope, with accessories

1890-1900

Component parts for Jessop-Leech Photoelastic Bench (Polariscope) by Leech (Rochester) Ltd, UK, as used in the Structural Engineering Laboratory of Imperial College, London

Component parts for Jessop-Leech Photoelastic Bench (Polariscope) by Leech (Rochester) Ltd

1962