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0.875-inch refracting telescope

0.875-inch refracting telescope

French
circa 1900
0.875-inch refracting telescope

0.875-inch refracting telescope

French
circa 1900
1.3-inch refracting telescope with range-finder scale

1.3-inch refracting telescope with range-finder scale

Alvan Clark and Sons
1870
1.875 x 2.25 inch rock salt prism in sealed tube

1.875 x 2.25 inch rock salt prism in sealed tube

John A. Brashear
1916
1amp shunt

1amp shunt

Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation
circa 1912
2.25-inch refracting telescope

2.25-inch refracting telescope

Optisches Institut von Dr. Steeg & Reuter
circa 1880
2-mirror adjustable kaleidoscope

2-mirror adjustable kaleidoscope

J. Duboscq-Soleil
circa 1850
2 plano-convex lenses

2 plano-convex lenses

American
mid 20th Century
3.8-inch hot cathode high vacuum X-ray tube

3.8-inch hot cathode high vacuum X-ray tube

Victor Electric Company
1920-1925
3 meniscus lenses

3 meniscus lenses

American
mid 20th Century
4 horseshoe magnets with horseshoe-shaped keeper

4 horseshoe magnets with horseshoe-shaped keeper

American
1875-1925
4-inch heated cathode high vacuum x-ray tube

4-inch heated cathode high vacuum x-ray tube

General Electric Company
circa 1925
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