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Astronomical Coloured Photographic Slide of Fraunhofer Spectrum by John Browning, London, English, c. 1880

Inventory Number 93795


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.93795

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Eric Gordon
Primary inscriptions
Printed paper label: JOHN BROWNING,/63, STRAND,/London.'
Physical material
Wood
Paper
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 11mm Width: 179mm Depth: 103mm Weight: 115g
Inventory No
93795
Accession Number
1979-2

Description

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

The slide shows the image of a colour spectrum and is titled, "Photograph of the original chart of the solar spectrum drawn and engraved by Fraunhofer".