Accession No
4554
Brief Description
set of wooden crystal models, 1840 - 1900
Origin
Maker
Class
chemistry; crystallography; demonstration
Earliest Date
1840
Latest Date
1900
Inscription Date
Material
wood
Dimensions
box length 315mm; breadth 205mm; height 130mm
Special Collection
Provenance
Purchased from Scientific & Antique Ltd., London, on 01/08/1996.
Inscription
Description Notes
Victorian wooden crystal models. The models are labelled, but in many places the ink has worn away.
Condition good; incomplete (?)
References
Events
Description
These thirty-four teaching models represent different crystal formations of various minerals and gems. Models are essential to teaching and research in crystallography. They are useful tools for visualising the structures, shapes and morphology of minerals. The first set of crystal models were made of clay and produced by the French mineralogist Romé de l’Isle (1736–1790) to accompany his book Cristallographie (1783). René Just Haüy (1743–1822) produced a wooden set of crystals to better illustrate the images in his Traité de Minérologie (1801). This Victorian teaching-aid set is from an English manufacturer from the end of the nineteenth century.
10/03/2014
Created by: Allison Ksiazkiewicz on 10/03/2014
FM:39931
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