Spectrometer

Description:

This prism spectrometer was made by Franz Schmidt & Haensch, of Berlin, and purchased from Alfred Hirschmann, for the Ryerson Laboratory at the University of Chicago, on Jan. 1, 1894. The cost was $112.50. The inked “R.L. 194” inscription refers to the Ryerson Laboratory.

Alfred Hirschmann was at the Columbian Exposition, in Chicago in 1893, representing Franz Schmidt & Haensch, and the Physikalish Technische Reichsanstalt in Berlin. He was in charge of the German instrument exhibit.

Ref: The World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Special Catalogue of the Collective Exhibition of Scientific Instruments and Appliances exhibited by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Mechanik und Optik (Berlin, 1893), pp. 19-22.

Date Made: 1894

Maker: Franz Schmidt & Haensch

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Berlin, Berlin

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.336608Catalog Number: 336608Accession Number: 1978.07981979.0798

Object Name: spectrometer

Physical Description: brass (overall material)glass (overall material)ivory? (overall material)Measurements: overall: 12 1/2 in x 15 3/4 in x 20 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 40.005 cm x 52.07 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7d69-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1817490

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