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Title
Dispersion apparatus, in tent at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1907-08-14
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Dispersion apparatus, in tent at Mount Wilson Observatory. Several other instruments are also present. The space housing these instruments appears to be constructed with several tarpaulins sewn together.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
COPC 206
28203
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1042
Subject
Dispersion
Optics
Optical rotatory dispersion
Optical rotation
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Tarpaulins
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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