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OPTICS
1 METALLIC CONCAVE MIRROR ON A MERCURY SHAPED STAND
2 GREGORIAN REFLECTING TELESCOPE
3 THREE EQUILATERAL AND ADJUSTABLE PRISMS [A]: BI-PRISM FOR ACHROMATISM [B] - CONICAL PRISM FOR A CIRCULAR SPECTRUM [C] - ISOSCELES HOLLOW GLASS PRISM FOR LIQUID [D]
4 DOUBLE-CONVEX LENS ON BRASS STAND - PLANO-CONVEX LENS ON BRASS STAND - PLANO-CONCAVE LENS ON BRASS STAND - DOUBLE-CONCAVE LENS ON BRASS STAND
5 OPTICAL BENCH
6 CRYSTAL GONIOMETER (WOLLESTON'S DESIGN)
7 RHOMBOID OF ICELAND SPAR
8 BIOT'S POLARIMETER
9 NORREMBERG'S POLARIZING APPARATUS
10 SOLAR MICROSCOPE WITH WINDOW SHUTTER
11 POLARISCOPE
12 APPARATUS FOR STUDYING THE REFRACTION, INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT
13 NEWTON'S RINGS
14 COMPOUND MICROSCOPE CUFF-TYPE
15 SET OF THIRTEEN TRANSPARENT OBJECTS IN BONE SLIDES
16 SIMPLE MICROSCOPE
17 SET OF SEVENTEEN WOODEN SLIDERS FOR PROJECTION
18 CAMERA LUCIDA
19 CAMERA OBSCURA
20 THE TENT CAMERA OBSCURA
21 BREWSTER'S STEREOSCOPE
22 PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA WITH ACCESSORIES
23 GEODETIC CIRCLE
24 ENDOSCOPE


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Rhomboid of Iceland spar Romboide di spato d'Islanda
Subject: optics/double refraction Settore: Ottica/birinfrangenza
Number of catalogue: 260 Numero di inventario: 260
Unsigned, prob. Secretan Paris Non firmato, prob. Secretan Paris
Written in ink on the cardboard box lid: "25 francs Lt. Rhomboide en Spath" Sul coperchio della scatola di cartone: "25 francs Lt. Rhomboide en Spath" [scritto ad inchiostro]
1864 [document] Periodo di costruzione:1864 [documento]
Price: 25 francs Prezzo d'acquidto: 25 francs
Calcite Materiali utilizzati: Calcite
Rhomboid spar: side 29 mm; box: 50 X 50 X 35 [mm] Dimensioni: Spato: lato 29 mm; scatola: 50 X 50 X 35 [mm]

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