Solar Spectrum
Solar Spectrum
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- Description
- Henry Draper (1837-1882) took this glass-plate photograph of the solar spectrum at his observatory at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The date is unknown.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Solar Spectrum
- Photograph of the Solar Spectrum
- Physical Description
- cloth tape (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- photo emulsion (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial:.16 cm x 6.9 cm x 8.1 cm; 1/16 in x 2 11/16 in x 3 3/16 in
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 1/8 in; 6.985 cm x 8.255 cm x.3175 cm
- ID Number
- PH.319780
- accession number
- 240151
- catalog number
- 319780
- Credit Line
- Department of Physics, New York University
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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