Accession No

4462

Brief Description

polarimeter, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal; brass; oxidised brass; glass

Dimensions

height 347mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass and oxidised brass polarimeter. Circular brass base supports rectangular vertical column on which are mounted an adjustable eyepiece (with screw-fit lens), a graduated circle and an objective lens. There is no specimen tube present. At the bottom of the column is a a pair of adjustable mirrors hinged together. One of the mirrors is cracked.

Condition fair (mirror cracked)

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