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glass trough
glass trough

glass trough

Date1850-1900
Inventory Number1997-1-1646
ClassificationTrough
Subject
    Maker Louis Jules Duboscq ? French, 1817 - 1886
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions13 × 19.7 × 20 cm (5 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionGlass trough in brass with four glass walls, supported by four leveling screws. Filled with water or other liquids of various densities, it may have been used for the study of inertial masses in liquids.
          Signedunsigned
          FunctionFor a description of such an instrument, found in a Pellin catalogue, go to the following website.
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          Object number: 1997-1-1681
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          Date: circa 1780
          Object number: DW0856
          angle-variable liquid-filled prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1850
          Object number: 1998-1-1227
          saccharimeter
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1870-1880
          Object number: 1997-1-0874a
          saccharimeter
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1870-1880
          Object number: 1997-1-0874b
          saccharimeter
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1870-1880
          Object number: 1997-1-0874c
          polarization kit for polarimeter on stand
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: circa 1875
          Object number: 1997-1-1477a
          glass hydrometer
          French
          Date: 1890-1910
          Accessories: blue cylindrical cardboard case
          Object number: 4448
          saccharimeter tubes
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1860-1880
          Object number: 1997-1-2029
          Duboscq photogenic lantern
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1860-1879, 1882-1885
          Accessories: 2nd mirror; 2nd brass cover for mirror mount hole; 2nd face plate with twin lenses (originally found with 1998-1-1635 which it did not fit. Jan 2008).
          Object number: 1997-1-1469a,b
          Silbermann-type heliostat
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1850-1880
          Accessories: RAPPORT FAIT A L'ACADEMIE ROYAL SCIENCES SUR UN NOUVEL HELIOSTAT, Presente par M. SILBERMAN aine. (in instrument file folder)
          Object number: 2000
          Silbermann-type heliostat
          Louis Jules Duboscq
          Date: 1850-1880
          Object number: 2005