Polarization Apparatus
date: label: date made
content: around 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Brewster's Angle, named for the Scottish physicist, David Brewster, is the angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization is perfectly transmitted through a transparent surface. This device determines Brewster's angle for different subtances. The U.S. Military Academy purchased it in 1829, probably from Lerebours in Paris.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: United States Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315427
label: catalog number
content: 315427
label: accession number
content: 217544
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polarization apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 16.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/8 in x 8 1/8 in x 6 9/16 in; 26.3525 cm x 20.6375 cm x 16.66875 cm