Dual Prism
Dual Prism
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- Description
- This device, two glass prisms hinged together and mounted on a brass stand, demonstrates the construction of achromatic lenses. The “Lerebours à Paris” inscription refers to either the instrument maker, Noël Jean Lerebours (1761-1840), or to his adopted son, Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours (1807-1873).
- Ref: N. J. Lerebours, Notice d’Instruments d’Optique, de Mathématiques, et de Physique (Paris, 1830), p. 7.
- Lerebours et Secretan, Catalogue et Prix des Instruments (Paris, 1853), p. 35.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- dual prism
- date made
- 1800-1845
- Maker
- Lerebours
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 3 in; 25.4 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- PH.326114
- catalog number
- 326114
- accession number
- 257245
- Credit Line
- Mount St. Mary’s College
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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