accessories for optical bench
Date1900-1930
Inventory Number1996-1-0635
ClassificationOptical Bench Equipment
Subject
Maker
Spindler & Hoyer
1898 - 1996
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsmounted on base: 28 x 36 x 12 cm (11 x 14 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Material
DescriptionThis set comprises an adjustable slit made of glass plates moving independently from one another, a black mirror with a pivoting separator (Fresnel interference mirrors), a prism, a pivoting glass plate, an adjustable slit mounted with an eyepiece, and a diaphragm wheel made of eight hole sizes, the wheel is kept in place by a pressure clamp.
All of these accessories fit on a wooden supporting base, triangular in shape. Only the diaphragm is signed. It is unclear whether the other accessories are from this maker.
All of these accessories fit on a wooden supporting base, triangular in shape. Only the diaphragm is signed. It is unclear whether the other accessories are from this maker.
Signedon diaphragm wheel: SPINDLER & HOYER / GÖTTINGEN
Inscribedon diaphragm wheel: Made in Germany
FunctionFrom Byerly Hall.
Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff
Date: 1860-1875
Object number: 2006-1-0013
Spindler & Hoyer
Date: 1900-1950
Object number: 1996-1-0636
Ferdinand Ernecke
Date: 1880-1910
Accessories: wooden base
Object number: 2020b
