Goniometer
Goniometer
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- Description
- Dedicated in 1894, the Mary Frances Searles Science Building at Bowdoin College housed facilities for instruction in chemistry, biology and physics. This reflecting goniometer was probably acquired at that time. It was probably made by the Société Genevoise Pour la Construction d’Instruments de Physique in Geneva.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- goniometer or spectroscope
- maker
- Societe Genevoise d’Instruments de Physique
- place made
- Switzerland: Genève, Geneva
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in; 26.67 cm x 20.955 cm
- overall: 9 3/8 in x 14 3/4 in x 13 in; 23.8125 cm x 37.465 cm x 33.02 cm
- ID Number
- 1993.0398.02
- catalog number
- 1993.0398.2
- accession number
- 1993.0398
- Credit Line
- Bowdoin College
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Science & Mathematics
- Optics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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