Conical Lens
Conical Lens
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- Description
- Conical glass lens on a brass base designed to fit on an optical bench. The "Wm. Grunow, New York" inscription refers to WIlliam Grunow (b. 1830), a German-American optical instrument maker.
- Ref: D.J. Warner, "Julius and William Grunow," Rittenhouse 3 (1989): 41-48.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- optical apparatus
- date made
- 1870-1895
- maker
- Grunow, William
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Measurements
- overall: 15 3/4 in; 40.005 cm
- overall: 16 1/4 in x 7 in x 3 1/2 in; 41.275 cm x 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- PH.315761
- catalog number
- 315761
- accession number
- 217544
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Academy
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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