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Mounted prism
Equilateral glass prism with a mount, fixed to a small turned wooden column by means of an elbow joint. Resembles prism inv. 773. Isaac Newton used instruments of this type for his famous experiments on the separation of white light into a polychromatic spectrum.
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Optics
- optics
Type of item
- Prism
- optical instruments
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- second half 18th cent.
- 1800
- 1751
Identifier
- urn:imss:instrument:406030
Extent
- base diameter 156 mm, height 366 mm, prism side 26 mm
Language
- eng
- ita
Is part of
- Lorraine collection
References
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/biography/IsaacNewton.html
Year
- 1751
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy