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Photograph (Albumen Print) of Part of F. J. Jervis-Smith's Tram Chronograph, c.1888

Inventory Number 12886


Item type
Object
Provenance
From Mrs Jervis-Smith, who gave papers of her husband's to the Museum about 1933.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 100mm Width: 145mm
Inventory No
12886

Description

Albumen print mounted on card. View of part of the laboratory prototype of the tram chronograph invented by the Oxford physicist Frederick J. Jervis-Smith (1848-1911), xxxxxx, photographed in the Millard Laboratory, Trinity College. Circular border within image, probably resulting from being taken through a makeshift wide-angle lens. Other photographs of Jervis-Smith's tram chronograph are 12856, 12885, 12887, 12888.

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