Heliostat and other instruments , photographic study of a collection of instruments for demonstration of polarised light by Claude-Marie Ferrier, 1851
Heliostat and other instruments, photographic study of a collection of instruments for demonstration of polarised light and other physical experiments by Claude-Marie Ferrier for Dubosq-Soleil. The objects in the photograph were exhibited by Dubosq-Soleil at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The instruments include a saccharometer on the left, a heliostat in the centre and a haloscope on the right.
Dates
- Creation: 1851
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
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Shelfmark
MS. 23051 photogr. 171
Former reference:
Wilson Centre Accession Number: 07:9662
Biographical / Historical
Claude-Marie Ferrier was an early French photographer, known for his portraits of prominent French people, his work at the London Great Exhibition, and for his production of stereoviews to be viewed through the stereoscope invented by David Brewster. Together with Charles Soulier, he owned a large company in Paris, producing and distributing glass stereoviews of European subjects.
Custodial History
Purchased from Richard Meara UK, 27/02/2007.
Physical Facet
Salted Paper print
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