Ophthalmographic Instrument
Unknown Maker
about 1940
Black metal fittings mounted on oak base, two non-spherical lenses rotate around optical axes, adjustable pinhole at far end, perhaps incomplete.
Base: 5 × 13 × 1/2 in. (12.7 × 33 × 1.3 cm)
Overall: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2007.1.91
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Optics
Not on view
Provenance
Physics Department, Dartmouth College; transferred by Professor Doyle to the Dartmouth College Museum, December 1960; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2007.
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