polarization specimens
Date1875-1925
Inventory Number2006-1-0059b
ClassificationPolarization Specimens
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensionsthinnest disc: 8.9 × 8.9 × 5 cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 1 15/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionThe six polarization samples are thick glass disks to which various shapes of glass and crystals are glued. These include:
an irregular hexagon
a thick circular disk
an array of 5 circular disks
an irregular flat crystal
an irregular flat bit of glass or crystal
a null sample (i.e., nothing glued to the large glass disk)
an irregular hexagon
a thick circular disk
an array of 5 circular disks
an irregular flat crystal
an irregular flat bit of glass or crystal
a null sample (i.e., nothing glued to the large glass disk)
Signedunsigned
FunctionThis polariscope may have been used to project images of polarized samples to an audience.
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1835-1850
Object number: 1998-1-0561
William Ladd
Date: 1850-1870
Object number: 2007-1-0529
Wilhelm Steeg
Date: circa 1855
Object number: 1998-1-0564
German
Date: 1850-1870
Object number: 2007-1-0438
Jean Baptiste François Soleil
Date: 1835-1850
Object number: 1998-1-0562
W. Harold Tomlinson
Date: circa 1910
Accessories: mahogany box
Object number: 1998-1-0522
French
Date: 1875-1900
Accessories: case
Object number: 1998-1-0897a