Nicol Prism
notes: label: Description
content: A Nicol prism converts ordinary light into plane polarized light. William Nicol (1770–1851), a geologist and physicist in Edinburgh, invented the form in 1828.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.329179
label: catalog number
content: 329179
label: accession number
content: 290307
objectType: label: Object Name
content: nicol prism
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 1 in x 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 2.54 cm x .9525 cm