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Lummer-Brodhun photometer
Lummer-Brodhun photometer

Lummer-Brodhun photometer

Date1900-1920
Inventory Number1997-1-0879
ClassificationPhotometer
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions27 × 35.2 × 9.2 cm (10 5/8 × 13 7/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionThe photometer consists of an opaque screen which can be removed from a box. On either side of the screen are two swing-away doors, each with a square aperture in the center. In the box above the screen are two mirrors and a pair of prisms, which direct the light from the two light sources (outside the box) into the eyepiece at the top of the box. One side of the mirror housing in penciled "L" and the other "R."

        The housing is missing one side. The other side is plain.

        The housing is attached to a yoke on which it pivots. The yoke is attached to a brass rod for insertion into an optical bench or other equipment.
        Signedunsigned
        Inscribedpainted on top of housing: 90
        FunctionThis instrument was used in comparing the brightness of an unknown source of light with that of a standard one. Light rays from the two sources enter on either side of the box. They first strike a white slab. Some of the scattered light on each side is reflected by mirrors towards what is called a Lummer-Brodhun cube, which consists of two right-angled prisms. What the observer sees in the eyepiece is two superimposed circles on top of each other, one smaller than the other. When the brightness are identical, the two circles become one. By moving the unknown light source farther or closer to the photometer, one tries to get rid of the two distinct circles. When this is accomplished, the luminosity of the unknown source can be calculated.

        For a fuller description, see the following website.
        Lummer-Brodhun photometer
        Max Kohl A. G.
        Date: 1900-1920
        Object number: 1997-1-1493
        Lummer-Brodhun photometer
        Franz Schmidt & Haensch
        Date: circa 1910
        Object number: 1997-1-1517
        Bunsen-type photometer
        Max Kohl A. G.
        Date: circa 1892
        Object number: WJ0190
        Pulfrich refractometer by Zeiss
        Carl Zeiss Jena
        Date: circa 1926
        Accessories: wooden box with two hook-and-eye latches to fasten front opening; in instrument file: instruction book (photocopy); Geissler tube labeled "H2"; carboard tube containing German thermometer C in stainless steel holder that screws into instrument; glass bottle with cork stopper labeled "Monobromnaphthalin, Germany nD=1 658"; small round cardboard box labeled "For Pulfrich Refractometer" containing one tubulure
        Object number: 1996-1-0229
        O. V. stereoscope for a stereotope
        Zeiss-Aerotopograph
        Date: circa 1950
        Accessories: instrument is in original wood storage/carrying case. listed accessories: base plate, mirrors (2) and tubular holders (2), anchors (2), prism yoke, monocular adapter, lighting set with bulbs (3, one currently in lamp, its box in box of 2009-1-0002b), 2 monoculars (4 or 6 power) [6x24 (infinite) L or R Zeiss aerotopo logo), "fork"-shaped support (V rather), green filters (2) , dioptre lenses (2), strabismus-correcting lenses (2), photo holder, permanent magnets (8)
        Object number: 2009-1-0002a
        Sharp-Millar photometer
        Foote, Pierson & Company
        Date: 1910-1920
        Object number: 2006-1-0018
        flicker photometer
        John Frederick Simmance
        Date: 1915-1925
        Object number: 1996-1-0614
        comparative color photometer
        Arthur Howland
        Date: circa 1920
        Accessories: color discs
        Object number: 1997-1-0986
        flicker photometer
        Franz Schmidt & Haensch
        Date: 1910-1930
        Object number: 1997-1-1730
        wedge photometer
        Adam Hilger Ltd.
        Date: circa 1920
        Accessories: case, adaptive collars, aperture stops (2): 1/4, 1/6
        Object number: 1997-1-1835
        polarization photometer
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: circa 1930
        Object number: 1996-1-0722
        polarization photometer
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: circa 1930
        Object number: 1996-1-0719