Accession No

2880

Brief Description

object glass doublet, by Cooke, 1888

Origin

Maker

Cooke

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1888

Latest Date

1888

Inscription Date

1888

Material

metal (tin); wood; glass

Dimensions

box length 165mm; breadth 160mm; height 74mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. Transferred from Solar Physics Observatory, South Kensington to Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, unknown date.

Inscription

‘S.P.O.’ (on tin box)
‘Grating Spect.’sFirst Anterior -
- Lens.
Achrom. O.G.
1888.
Sol. Foc. 53 in.
by Cooke.’ (on wooden box)

Description Notes

Achromatic doublet in circular tin box within fitted wooden box.

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