convex lens holder
Date: 1910 - 1950
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0051a
Classification: Lens holder
Subject:
Maker: American
Cultural Region:
Dimensions:
15.5 × 15.5 × 4.3 cm (6 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 1 11/16 in.)
box: 8.9 × 35.6 × 17.5 cm (3 1/2 × 14 × 6 7/8 in.)
Description:
This holder made in painted black metal holds two lenses: one biconvex and one convex. It was probably used on an optical bench to study, for instance, indices of refraction.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial Remarks'a' and 'b' are housed together in a blue board tray SMS 8/28/18