Pocket Spectroscope.
John Browning (1830/1 - 1925)
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
Measurements
88 mm (Length); 18 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525280.1
Summary
Pocket Spectroscope. The unit is cylindrical and all brass. There is a removable cover for the eypiece and the slit spacing is varible. The side of the barrel is stamped 'John Browning London'
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
John Browning (1830/1 - 1925), manufacturer