polarimeter eyepiece with divided circle
Date1840-1875
Inventory Number1997-1-0851
ClassificationEyepiece
Subject
Maker
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
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1798 - 1878
Maker
Louis Jules Duboscq
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French, 1817 - 1886
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions7.8 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm (3 1/16 × 4 × 4 in.)
Material
DescriptionEyepiece with blackened eyecup and flared brass tube. A brass disk is mounted at right angles to the tube and carries a paper scale divided 0-90-0-90-0 every 1°. The scale is printed on the paper, but numerals from [100] - 180 are inked below a quadrant. The paper is torn off in one place.
Signedunsigned
Curatorial RemarksFor a complete example of a Duboscq saccharimeter, see 1993-1-0002.
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1830-1875
Object number: 2007-1-0323
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: circa 1840
Accessories: eyepiece; circular supports (2)
Object number: 2015
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1850-1875
Object number: 2007-1-0321
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1840-1860
Object number: 2007-1-0435
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