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60° mounted prism
60° mounted prism

60° mounted prism

Date1840-1875
Inventory Number1998-1-1210c
ClassificationPrism
Subject
    Maker Jean Baptiste François Soleil ? 1798 - 1878
    Maker Henri Jean Jacques Soleil ? died 1879
    Maker J. Duboscq-Soleil ? circa 1850
    Maker Louis Jules Duboscq ? French, 1817 - 1886
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions2.8 × 9.9 × 3 cm (1 1/8 × 3 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionGlass equiangular prism is mounted in a brass stand with a rod at the bottom. The rod's lower portion is hexagonal and has internal threads. Glass is chipped.
          Signedunsigned
          mounted 60° prism
          mounted 60° prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1825-1875
          Object number: 1998-1-1217
          30°-60°-90° mounted prism
          30°-60°-90° mounted prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1875
          Object number: 1998-1-1210a
          30°-60°-90° mounted prism
          30°-60°-90° mounted prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1875
          Object number: 1998-1-1210b
          hinged pair of mounted prisms
          hinged pair of mounted prisms
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1825-1870
          Object number: 1998-1-1218
          mounting for a 60° prism
          mounting for a 60° prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1860
          Object number: 2007-1-0430
          three hinged wedge prisms on a stand
          three hinged wedge prisms on a stand
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1850
          Object number: 1998-1-1238
          conical prism on brass stand
          conical prism on brass stand
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: circa 1840
          Object number: 1997-1-1555
          mounting for a 60° prism
          mounting for a 60° prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1860
          Object number: 2007-1-0432
          angle-variable liquid-filled prism
          angle-variable liquid-filled prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1850
          Object number: 1998-1-1227
          Fresnel apparatus
          Fresnel apparatus
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1850
          Object number: 1998-1-1236
          mounting for a rectangular prism
          mounting for a rectangular prism
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: 1840-1860
          Object number: 2007-1-0431
          Nörrenberg-type polariscope (or doubler)
          Nörrenberg-type polariscope (or doubler)
          Jean Baptiste François Soleil
          Date: circa 1840
          Accessories: eyepiece; circular supports (2)
          Object number: 2015