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Direct Vision Spectroscope, by John Browning, London, c. 1880

Inventory Number 49450


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49450

Item type
Object
Provenance
Associated with McLeans Purchased by the Museum in 1981. Previously bequeathed to the Royal Microscopical Society by J. P. B. Young
Object type
Spectroscope
Dimensions
Height: 53mm Width: 178mm Depth: 53mm Weight: 318g
Inventory No
49450
Accession Number
1981-10

Description

A leather bound fitted wooden case with hinged lid metal clasp. The case contains a McClean astronomical spectroscope by John Browning.