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Replica of two gratings (originally from Rowlands) with card supports and envelope

Inventory Number 15095


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15095

Item type
Object
Physical material
plastic
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 142mm Width: 98mm
Inventory No
15095
Accession Number
1966-123

Description

Two samples of grating. Cellophane grating. Replica of diffraction grating in cellulose acetate, one is 14438 lines per inch and the other is 1400, both taken from an original grating by Rowlands 1880 at Baltimore USA. Both stored in a paper envelope with card supports. One is a circular grating and the other is rectangular.