Spherometer
Duboscq - Soleil, Paris, France
1853
Circular scale reads from 0-500. Vertical scale reads 60-120.
Overall: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34464
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Optics
Not on view
Inscriptions
Disk signed J. Dubosq-Soleil a Paris. Brass piece that holds screw stem in base hand-signed "roger Matheiu, r. s. Severin 7, 1853." Bottom of wooden stand marked: "Rigault, Bobeur de Verres, Fabricant, Rue Guenegaurd, No. 16, Paris"
Exhibition History
Illuminating Instruments: Studying Light at Dartmouth, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 19-October 17, 2004.
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 114, ill.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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