Polarimeter
notes: label: Description
content: Polarimeter with a "W. Wilson / London" inscription that was used at De Pauw University. According to advertisements in <i>Nature</i> (1899), Wilson was a foreman for Elliot Bros. before going into business on his own, making optical and scientific instruments.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: De Pauw University Physics Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0557.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0557
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0557.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polarimeter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.9 cm x 30.5 cm x 67.3 cm; 13 3/4 in x 12 in x 26 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 7/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 26 3/4 in; 32.7025 cm x 29.845 cm x 67.945 cm