Accession No

2544

Brief Description

spectrograph, by Adam Hilger Ltd., English, 1910 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adam Hilger Ltd.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

plastic (ivorine); metal (steel, brass); wood

Dimensions

length 590mm; breadth 280mm; height 337mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1980.

Inscription

‘ADAM HILGER LTD LONDON’ (on telescope tube)

Description Notes

Hilger’s quartz spectrograph. Adjustable slit with steel jaws, moved by knurled screw with drumhead divided 0-10. Sliding brass stop for adjusting height of slit. Brass collimator with one drawer. Central wooden box. Brass telescope tube with wooden camera. Adjustment for photographic plate with bellows and clamp; vertical motion by 2 linked pinions and knurled screws with 10mm vertical ivorine scale, but actual housing for photographic plate is missing. Brass support beneath prism, on cast pillar and tripod stand, painted.
Similar to Wh: 2543.

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