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convex lens holder

convex lens holder

Date1910 - 1950
Inventory Number2007-1-0051a
ClassificationLens holder
Subject
    Maker American
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions15.5 × 15.5 × 4.3 cm (6 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 1 11/16 in.)
      box: 8.9 × 35.6 × 17.5 cm (3 1/2 × 14 × 6 7/8 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionThis holder made in painted black metal holds two lenses: one biconvex and one convex. It was probably used on an optical bench to study, for instance, indices of refraction.
        Signedunsigned
        Curatorial Remarks'a' and 'b' are housed together in a blue board tray SMS 8/28/18
        lens holder with lens
        lens holder with lens
        German
        Date: circa 1890
        Object number: WJ0240
        matched pair of convex-concave cylindrical lenses
        matched pair of convex-concave cylindrical lenses
        Jean Baptiste François Soleil
        Date: 1830-1870
        Object number: 1998-1-0400
        convex magnifying lens
        convex magnifying lens
        American
        Date: 1900-1950
        Object number: 1997-1-0085
        mounted convex lens
        mounted convex lens
        J. Duboscq-Soleil
        Date: circa 1850
        Object number: 1998-1-0339a
        plano-convex lens on a telescoping brass stand
        plano-convex lens on a telescoping brass stand
        French
        Date: 1850-1880
        Object number: 1997-1-1557
        lens system
        lens system
        Leonard T. Troland
        Date: 1915-1930
        Object number: WJ0160a
        lens system
        lens system
        Leonard T. Troland
        Date: 1915-1930
        Object number: wj0160b
        lens system
        lens system
        Leonard T. Troland
        Date: 1915-1930
        Object number: WJ0160c
        lens system
        lens system
        Leonard T. Troland
        Date: 1915-1930
        Object number: WJ0160d
        lens system
        lens system
        Leonard T. Troland
        Date: 1915-1930
        Object number: WJ0160e
        achromatic doublet lens
        achromatic doublet lens
        American
        Date: mid 20th Century
        Object number: 2006-1-0022
        lens with adjustable slit
        lens with adjustable slit
        American
        Date: 1870-1930
        Object number: 1997-1-1682