Accession No

4430

Brief Description

uranium glass scale, owned by George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903), Lucasian professor at Cambridge from 1849, then by his father-in-law Thomas Rowley Robinson (1792-1882), the astronomer in charge of Armagh Observatory from 1823, then by Stokes again, by Holtzapffel and Company, English, 1800-1900 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Holtzapffel and Company

Class

chemistry

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 192mm; breadth 120mm; height 72mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, on 02/09/1993.

Inscription

‘ENGINE-DIVIDED SCALE.
HOLTZAPFFEL & CO. LONDON.’ (on paper scale glued to block)
‘Slab of uranium glass From G.G.S. to T.R.R. Then T.R.R. to G.G.S.’ (on accompanying slip of paper)

Description Notes

Green block of uranium glass with an imperial scale on it. It is contained in a lined wooden box. The accompanying note indicates that it was owned first by Stokes.George Gabriel (1819-1903), Lucasian professor at Cambridge from 1849, then by his father-in-law Robinson.Thomas Rowley (1792-1882), the astronomer in charge of Armagh Observatory from 1823, then by Stokes again.

Condition: fair (slight chipping of edges; lid of box detached); complete.

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