Spectroscope
Date
1863
Creator
John Peter Gassiot (1797 - 1877, British) , Electrician
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 381mm
width (drawing): 245mm
width (drawing): 245mm
Subject
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Description
Diagram of a spectroscope constructed by Spencer, Browning and Company, instrument-makers of London, for John Peter Gassiot. The instrument as seen from above, looking down on its upper surface, showing the bed M-N upon which nine prisms are mounted, with bars carrying the two telescopes.
Unpublished plate 2 illustration from the manuscript version of the paper “On spectrum analysis with a description of a large spectroscope having nine prisms and achromatic telescopes of two feet focal length” by John Peter Gassiot. This was abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.12 (1862-1863), pp.536-538.
John Peter Gassiot (1797-1877), British electrician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840.
Unpublished plate 2 illustration from the manuscript version of the paper “On spectrum analysis with a description of a large spectroscope having nine prisms and achromatic telescopes of two feet focal length” by John Peter Gassiot. This was abstracted in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol.12 (1862-1863), pp.536-538.
John Peter Gassiot (1797-1877), British electrician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840.
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