Variable Angle Prism
name: label: Maker
content: Pixii, Hippolyte
notes: label: Description
content: This container with brass sides and glass ends, supported on a brass stand, shows that different liquids refract light in different ways. When the glass ends are set to different angles, it shows that the angle of deviation increases with the refracting angle of the prism. This instrument was purchased for the University of Georgia in 1819. The “Pixii / Neveu et Successeur de Dumotiez / Rue du Jardinet No.2 / A Paris” inscription refers to the French instrument maker, Nicolas Constant Pixii (1776-1861).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, 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: University of Georgia
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0288.03
label: accession number
content: 1988.0288
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0288.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: variable angle prism
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 19.05 cm x 19.05 cm