Spectroscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POCKET/RAINBOW
- DATE
- 1900–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0249.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Browning, John
- MODEL
- GRACE'S
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL (BRASS ?) & GLASS CONSTRUCTION. CW WOODEN CASE LINED WITH VELVET & SILK, AND COVERED WITH LEATHER.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 4.8 cm
- Height
- 3.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Browning
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT POPULAR C. 1885+.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO PREDICT LIKLIHOOD AND RELATIVE PROXIMITY OF RAINFALL BY OBSERVING CLOUD SPECTRA. - Technical
-
THIS INSTRUMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS A RAINBOW SPECTROSCOPE, WAS DEVELOPED C. 1883-84 BY JOHN BROWNING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " Grace's/ Spectroscope. " engraved on one side of instrument body tube; " John Browning/ Optician, London. " engraved opposite. PT case bears gold-coloured mfr's mark on lid lining; reads " JOHN.BROWNING/ 63STRAND/ LONDON ".
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- BRIGHT LACQUERED FINISH ON BODY & EYEPIECE TUBE. PEBBLE-TEXTURED LEATHER COVERING ON CASE HAS TOOLED EDGE ON TOP & SIDES; DARK BLUE/ PURPLE LINING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Browning, John, Spectroscope, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 1996.0249, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0249.001/
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