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Shelfmark: 20089-0000 Musée des arts et métiers-CNAM  (Paris France) Suggestions & Corrections  
Type: instrument
Dimension: H.: 35; L.: 23,2; Diam.: 14; Mass: 1100 g.
 
Component's data
Thematic group: Instruments 
Type: apparatus
Abstract: Triangular glass prism, bound in brass at each end, supported horizontally in wooden frame attached to wooden upright with brass hinge for rotation. The wooden base is much decayed and broken.
 
Attributes
Person City Cronology   Position
name: -
name: Paris
date/range: 1952
date of: donation
epoch: 20 (2°)
name: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
resp.: owner
name: Paris
date/range: 1760
date of: construction
epoch: 18 (2°)
 
Subject/s
Discipline Topic Argument

Optics Apparatus Prism

 
Digital version:  2  Image/s
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