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Astronomical Photographic Slide of Phases of Saturn by John Browning, London, English, c. 1880

Inventory Number 24087


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.24087

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Eric Gordon
Primary inscriptions
Printed paper label: JOHN BROWNING,/63, STRAND,/London.'. Ink on edge: 'Revd. J.C. Taylor'.
Physical material
Wood
Paper
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 11mm Width: 180mm Depth: 103mm Weight: 113g
Inventory No
24087
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 3 phases of Saturn.