optical tube
Date: 1860-1880
Inventory Number: 1996-1-0703a
Classification: Optical Accessory
Attributed to: Louis Jules Duboscq (French, 1817 - 1886)
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Dimensions:
8 × 7.8 × 10.7 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
Description:
Brass cylinder fixed on an attachment that slides on a specially designed track. This optical tube is similar to the ones found on the projector with inventory number 1996-1-0705. Could even be used with a polarimeter, such as the one described in 1997-1-1477b.
A round circle painted in white suggests this instrument was used at Radcliffe College.
A round circle painted in white suggests this instrument was used at Radcliffe College.
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