Spectroscope - E Ducretet & Co, Paris

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Item ST 22151 Spectroscope - E Ducretet & Co, Paris

Summary

Spectroscope by E. Ducretet & Co, Paris. Used at Melbourne Observatory.

Physical Description

Light from an illuminated slight is rendered parallel by the collimating lens and falls onto a prism where it is dispersed. The light is then viewed by means of the telescope in the focal plane of the eyepiece of which the spectrum is visible.