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60° liquid prism
60° liquid prism

60° liquid prism

Date1875-1900
Inventory Number1996-1-0693
ClassificationPrism
Subject
    Maker American ?
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions6.7 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 × 1 3/4 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionThis is a liquid prism with a cored center creating two circular apertures on adjacent faces. A piece of glass plate would have been cemented over each face (but these are now missing). The neck at the top served as a filling hole. The stopper is missing. The metal has been silvered.
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        60° liquid prism
        60° liquid prism
        American
        Date: circa 1875
        Object number: 2007-1-0405
        60° liquid prism
        60° liquid prism
        Whitall Tatum & Company
        Date: 1850s
        Object number: 2007-1-0404
        2.5 x 2.5 inch, 31° carbonic disulphide liquid prism
        2.5 x 2.5 inch, 31° carbonic disulphide liquid prism
        Alvan Clark and Sons
        Date: circa 1875
        Object number: 2007-1-0029
        60° liquid prism
        60° liquid prism
        John Browning
        Date: circa 1870
        Object number: 2007-1-0026
        cemented pair of 30°-60°90° prisms with silvered stripe
        cemented pair of 30°-60°90° prisms with silvered stripe
        American
        Date: 1900-1930
        Object number: 2007-1-0421
        17° liquid prism
        17° liquid prism
        American
        Date: circa 1875
        Object number: 2007-1-0406
        60* liquid prism
        60* liquid prism
        American
        Date: circa 1875
        Object number: 1998-1-0557
        boxed set of prisms and a lens
        boxed set of prisms and a lens
        French
        Date: circa 1875
        Object number: 1998-1-0463
        2 x 2 inch 60° prism on stand
        2 x 2 inch 60° prism on stand
        American
        Date: 1850-1900
        Object number: 1997-1-1695
        flat flask for the spectroscopic study of liquids
        flat flask for the spectroscopic study of liquids
        French
        Date: 1850-1875
        Object number: 2007-1-0506
        flat flask for the spectroscopic study of liquids
        flat flask for the spectroscopic study of liquids
        French
        Date: 1850-1875
        Object number: 2007-1-0507
        5-sided deviating roof prism
        5-sided deviating roof prism
        French
        Date: 1900
        Object number: 1998-1-0412b