Dove Polarizing Apparatus

Franz Schmidt & Haensch, Berlin, Germany

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about 1871

Overall: 17 5/16 in. (44 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

2002.1.34453

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Scientific Instrument

Research Area

Scientific Instrument

Scientific Instrument: Optics

Not on view

Provenance

Purchased by Professor Charles A. Young (1834-1908), Physics Department, Dartmouth College; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.

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