Crystal Refractometer
name: label: maker
content: Zeiss
notes: label: Description
content: A crystal refractometer measures the refractive index of solid bodies. The Carl Zeiss Optical Works showed two of these instruments, one large and one small, at the Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. The inscription on this example reads "Carl Zeiss Jena Germany Nr. 6880 Abb."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Thuringia, Jena
topic: label: Subject
content: Optics
label: Subject
content: Chemistry
label: Subject
content: Worlds Fair
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Saccharimeters
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Columbia University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0162.03.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0162
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0162.03.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Refractometer
label: Object Name
content: refractometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 cm x 27 cm x 26.5 cm; 16 15/16 in x 10 5/8 in x 10 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall in case: 16 3/16 in x 10 1/2 in x 10 5/8 in; 41.11625 cm x 26.67 cm x 26.9875 cm