Accession No

3119

Brief Description

parts of Hill's spectrograph, donated to the Cambridge Solar Physics Observatory by Major Edmond Herbert Hills (aka Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills), assumed to be made for Hill's 1896 expedition to the eclipse at Hokkaido, used during the 1936 eclipse observations at Hokkaido, English [attributed], 1896 (c)

Origin

England

Maker

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1896

Latest Date

1896

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, oxidised brass); glass; wood; rope (string); paper (card)

Dimensions

box length 425mm; breadth 245mm; height 170mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 12/1983.

Inscription

Description Notes

Four lenses with brass rims; four prisms; set of brass apertures varying from 64 to 2, bound together by brass pivot; 2 brass slides for use in the slit; unidentified brass plate; quartz step wedge; four pieces of hardboard; two tins, one with three quartz glass discs, one with screws for assembly.
Wooden box with brass hinges and hook fasteners.

Holder for two quartz prisms and brass mounts for two quartz lenses.

Complete.

References

Events