Accession No

2994

Brief Description

spectrometer, attributed to Precision Tool Company Ltd., 1935 (c)

Origin

Maker

Precision Tool Company Ltd. [attributed]

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1935

Latest Date

1935

Inscription Date

Material

metal (oxidised brass, alloy); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 393mm; breadth 250mm; height 270mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

On loan from Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, since 12/1983.

Inscription

Description Notes

Table spectroscope, painted oxidised brass; screw fit slit mount; metal alloy jaws; screw adjustment to slit width; fixed collimator; push focus; circular stage; clamp and slow motion screw; enclosed scale with 2 apertures divided 0-360˚ to 30’ with 2 verniers to 1’; prism platform; 2 levelling screws; telescope with counter weight pivots about the centre; clamp and slow motion screws; rack and pinion focus; push fit eyepiece; reference wire; cast tripod stand; fitted wooden box.

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