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ID number: BIRRC-P0673 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Historic Physics Collection Artist / Maker: The Precision Tool & Instrument Co. Ltd. Title / Object name: Spectrometer Object type: Optical instrument
Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London, Croydon, Thornton Heath Date made: Probably c 1980s Materials: Metal with glass lenses in polished wooden box Measurements: 52 x 27 x 24 cm
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A standard type of instrument for educational purposes consisting of a collimator and telescope facing towards a turntable that carries a prism or diffraction grating. The rotations of the turntable and telescope can be read on vernier scales graduated to 0.5 min of arc.
Inscriptions / Translations: Made by The Precision Tool & Instrument Co. Ltd. Thornton Heath, Surrey, England SPECTROMETER 7 ½” Instrument no. 13051
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