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Carbon Arc Lamp
Used as a White Light source for our optics demonstrations for many decades.
Registered in the Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments by Charles Mollan with the following reference.
1974 UCP201 LANTERN-UNIAL
Manufactured by Newton & Co Scientific Instrument Makers to H. M. the King & co, 3 Fleet Street, London. Early 20th Century
Description; Mahogany base; Russian iron housing; arc lamp; slit. Signed brass plate, screwed on with four knurled nuts, holds Mahogany and brass lens system mount; at the end of the base is a condensing biconvex lens in an oxidised brass mount with two right-angles which fits into a square hole, and has a sleeve to adjust its position; a moving prism mount with a cut disc shield can also fit into a hole in the base; a signed adjustable brass slit with two knobs is fitted.
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