Heliostat
R. Fuess, Berlin, Germany
1899
Overall: 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34609
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Light Source
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased by Professor Ernest Fox Nichols (1869-1924), Physics Department, Dartmouth College, in 1899; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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