Spectroscope

Description:

This is a simple three-armed brass spectroscope with one glass prism, on a black iron tri-leg base. It also has a black iron tube to provide gas a flame. The “P. Desaga / Heidelberg / No. 401” inscription on the eye tube refers to Peter Desaga, the University of Heidelberg instrument maker who, in the late 1850s, made the instrument that Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff used for their pioneering work in spectroscopy.

This was used by cadets at the U.S. Military Academy.

Date Made: 1860s

Maker: Desaga, Peter

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg

Subject: Science & Scientific Instruments

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See more items in: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences, Science & Mathematics, Optics

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Credit Line: U.S. Military Academy

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.316408Catalog Number: 316408Accession Number: 223721

Object Name: spectroscope

Measurements: overall: 26.7 cm x 40 cm x 30 cm; 10 1/2 in x 15 3/4 in x 11 13/16 inoverall: 10 3/8 in x 13 1/2 in x 13 in; 26.3525 cm x 34.29 cm x 33.02 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3930-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1184615

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