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4 rectangular prisms
4 rectangular prisms

4 rectangular prisms

Date1900-1950
Inventory Number2007-1-0412
ClassificationPrism
Subject
    Cultural Region
      DimensionsLargest: 2.4 × 1.3 × 2.4 cm (15/16 × 1/2 × 15/16 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionThis assortment includes four rectangular prisms of similar size and glass, each with three polished narrow adjacent sides.

        The fourth rectangular prism is of a different glass composition and size. It has two large square polished faces opposite each other.

        Orange dots on some indicate their use in the Harvard College Optics Lab.
        Signedunsigned
        ProvenanceFrom the Harvard College Optics Lab, 1967.
        9 assorted right-angle prisms
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 1998-1-0392
        4 60° prisms
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 2007-1-0411
        120° prism
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 2007-1-0423
        4 equilateral prisms
        John A. Brashear
        Date: circa 1890
        Object number: 1997-1-1700
        2 arsenal prisms
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 2007-1-0413
        2 x 2 inch 60° prism on stand
        American
        Date: 1850-1900
        Object number: 1997-1-1695
        pair of calcite prisms with different polarities
        American
        Date: circa 1900
        Object number: 1997-1-0848
        cemented pair of birefringent calcite prisms
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 2007-1-0414
        2 rectangular prisms for the Faraday effect
        American
        Date: 1875-1925
        Object number: 1998-1-0512
        pair of 60° equiangular prisms
        Edmund Scientific Corporation
        Date: mid 20th Century
        Object number: 1998-1-0336
        pair of hinged prisms of different glass
        French
        Date: 1850-1875
        Object number: 1998-1-1212b
        prisms (2)
        American
        Date: 1930 - 1970
        Object number: 2003-1-0148