Accession No

3434

Brief Description

polarimeter, by Jules Duboscq, French, 1900 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Duboscq, J.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); wood; glass

Dimensions

height 500mm; breadth 200mm; depth 200mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from King’s College, London, England, 1986. Purchased with the assistance of a grant from PRISM Fund.

Inscription

‘J. Duboscq a Paris’

Description Notes

Tarnished brass frame, standing on a wooden box/drawer. Eyepiece at top of frame, with 1 circular and 1 rectangular pivoting, adjustable sheets of glass. Mirror encased on top of box directly below eyepiece. This instrument is of the type designed by Norrenberg.Johann GC, where light reflected from the sheets of glass is examined by a Nicol prism analyser.

Complete.

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