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accessories for optical bench
accessories for optical bench

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.
          Signedon diaphragm wheel: SPINDLER & HOYER / GÖTTINGEN
          Inscribedon diaphragm wheel: Made in Germany
          FunctionFrom Byerly Hall.
          lenses for optical bench
          Spindler & Hoyer
          Date: 1900-1930
          Object number: 1996-1-0631
          Melloni optical bench with accessories
          Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff
          Date: 1860-1875
          Object number: 2006-1-0013
          accessories for optical bench, including an electrometer
          Spindler & Hoyer
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 1996-1-0636
          optical bench accessories
          Ferdinand Ernecke
          Date: 1880-1910
          Accessories: wooden base
          Object number: 2020b
          optical bench
          Ferdinand Ernecke
          Date: 1880-1910
          Accessories: see 2020b
          Object number: 2020a
          lenses for optical bench
          German
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 1996-1-0633
          box of  various optical components
          Spindler & Hoyer
          Date: 1900-1930
          Object number: 1996-1-0630
          mount
          Spindler & Hoyer
          Object number: 1996-1-0672
          optical bench device
          American
          Date: 1850-1900
          Object number: 1996-1-0694
          lenses for optical bench
          German
          Date: 1900-1950
          Object number: 1996-1-0634
          Hering-type haploscope
          Spindler & Hoyer
          Date: 1900-1910
          Object number: WJ0189
          Hartl optical disk
          Central Scientific Company
          Date: 1930-1950
          Object number: 1997-1-0014