Convex Mirror
date: label: date made
content: second half, nineteenth century
name: label: maker
content: Duboscq, Jules
notes: label: Description
content: Circular mirror, 9.5 inches diameter, mounted in a wooden frame, and held on a pedestal with a circular base. The “J. DUBOSCQ, A PARIS” inscription on the brass yoke refers to Jules Duboscq, a French instrument who, after apprenticing with J. B. F. Soleil, went into business on his own around 1849. The yoke is also marked “Schol.”
label: Description
content: Ref: J. Duboscq, <i>Catalogue Systématique des Appareils d’Optiques </i> (Paris, 1870), p. 15.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Département de Ville-de-Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Department of Physics of Weston College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328473
label: catalog number
content: 328473
label: accession number
content: 271661
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mirror, Convex
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 in x 16 in x 9 1/2 in; 68.58 cm x 40.64 cm x 24.13 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 16 1/8 in x 9 3/4 in; 67.31 cm x 40.9575 cm x 24.765 cm