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X.1067, 2(589)
- Record Id:
- 040-003303246
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003303212
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0017b1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- X.1067, 2(589)
- Title:
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Heliostat and other instruments; Dubosq Soleil. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
- Scope & Content:
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Arrnagement of a heliostat and several other scientific instruments: 'Dubosq-Soleil (France, has exhibited Silberman's heliostat … [He] has also exhibited a saccharometer … Bravais' haloscope, for the exhibition of all the phenomenae connected with halos, parhelions, etc. ... besides these ... a very great variety of delicately-constructed philosophical instruments, for exhibiting the phenomena of polarized light and other physical experiments; such as a cyano-polarimeter, for observing the polarization of the sky; Arago's apparatus for exhibiting the interference of polarized light; Fresnel's screw for polarizing glass by compression; Babinet's goniometer; Bewster's stereoscope, etc. M. Dubosq-Soleil also exhibits an apparatus, invented by himself, for fixing the charcoal points for electric light. A Council Medal was awarded to M. Dubosq-Soleil.'
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003303212
040-003303246 - Is part of:
- X.1067, 2 : Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851. Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which…
X.1067, 2(589) : Heliostat and other instruments; Dubosq Soleil. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie - Hierarchy:
- 032-003303212[0034]/040-003303246
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: X.1067, 2
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Photograph
Photographic Print
Salted Paper Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- 1851
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 150 mm x 198 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Paper
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ferrier, Claude Marie, photographer and publisher, 1811-1889
- Subjects:
- Astronomical instruments
Events
Exhibitions
Heliostats
Scientific Equipment