Polariscope
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1834-1844
label: date made
content: around 1850
name: label: maker
content: Henri Soleil (Soleil fils)
label: maker
content: Soleil, Jean Baptiste Francois
notes: label: Description
content: Here, a hollow brass tube (13 inches long) sits atop a brass stand (15 inches high). At one end of the tube is a glass mirror that can be aimed in various directions. At the other is an eyepiece with an analyzer, and a graduated circle. The “Soleil Fils Opticien / Rue de l’Odéon No 35 à Paris” inscription on the side of the tube refers to J. B. F. Soleil, an optical instrument maker who opened a shop at this address in 1825 and who, for a while, used the term “Fils” to distinguish himself from his father, who also made optical instruments. The U.S. Military Academy bought this instrument between 1834 and 1844.
label: Description
content: This form was often associated with the French physicist, Jean-Baptists Biot.
label: Description
content: Ref: Lerebours & Secretan, <i>Catalogue et Prix des Instruments d'Optique, de Physique, de Chimie</i> (Paris, 1853).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315759
label: catalog number
content: 315759
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polariscope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 13 in; 38.1 cm x 33.02 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 7/8 in x 12 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 42.8625 cm x 32.385 cm x 13.97 cm