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Description: | LO 124. (departmental catalogue number in aluminium paint). L 23 (old departmental catalogue number in black varnish). SOLEIL RUE DE L'ODEON A PARIS (makers name engraved on the bracket holding the prism). MANU Soleil. circa 1845 Rue de l'Odeon 35, Paris, France. DES after NEWTON,Isaac,Sir. 1666 Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. This instrument was used to demonstrate Newtons rings by clamping a glass prism to a square plate of glass in a vice like arrangement tightened by two thumb screws. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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