Prisms

Title

Prisms

Subject

Optics

Description

Prisms have been standard laboratory equipment since Isaac Newton used one in 1666 to study the nature of the spectrum.

Most or all of these prisms were made by Duboscq in Paris.

Source

Property of the W&L Physics & Engineering Department

Files

InstrumentsAtLeyburn_111611__076.jpg
Date Added
December 7, 2011
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Citation
“Prisms,” Antique Scientific Instruments at Washington and Lee University, accessed April 18, 2024, https://physicsapparatus.omeka.net/items/show/37.