Accession No

2570

Brief Description

spectrometer, Browning's Star Spectroscope, attributed to Browning, 1880 (c)

Origin

Maker

Browning [attributed]

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1880

Latest Date

1880

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

length 280mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 6/1980.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass spectrometer; Browning’s “Star Spectroscope”. Adjustable slit, reflecting prism on pivoted arm. Collimator. Threaded plate for attaching to telescope. Platform for prisms with clamps for two prisms (missing). Mount for telescope (missing), clamp for telescope mount, micrometer tangent screw, divided 0-10, subdivided to tenths.

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