four tubes of powdered phosphorescent chemicals
Date: 1860-1880
Inventory Number: 3733
Classification: Phosphorescent Specimens
Subject:
Maker: Louis Jules Duboscq (French, 1817 - 1886)
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Dimensions:
23.3 x 20.5 x 10.3 cm (9 3/16 x 8 1/16 x 4 1/16 in.)
Description:
Four tubes containing chemical substances mounted in a wooden frame. There is space for five tubes. Tubes appear to be labeled with handwritten information at one end, though they are mostly illegible. One seems to be containing strontium.
In Collection(s)
Signedon base: J. DUBOSCQ / BREVETE / S.G.D.G. / R. ODÉON, PARIS
FunctionTubes containing various chemical substances to show the properties of phosphorescence. Duboscq mentions the ones he was selling in his catalogue, see the following website.