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Astronomical Photographic Slide of Large Gassiot Spectroscope by John Browning, London, English, c. 1880

Inventory Number 74228


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.74228

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Eric Gordon.
Primary inscriptions
Printed paper label: JOHN BROWNING,/63, STRAND,/London.' In ink on edge: 'Revd. J.C. Taylor'.
Physical material
Wood
Paper
Glass
Object type
photograph
Dimensions
Height: 11mm Width: 179mm Depth: 103mm Weight: 121g
Inventory No
74228
Accession Number
1979-2

Description

Mahogany frame with photographic slide. One of ten sixteen individual astronomical slides by Browning. In chest.

The slide shows an image of The Large Gassiot Spectroscope.