A GOOD SPECTROSCOPE BY JOHN BROWNING, LONDON, CIRCA 1875
in lacquered and oxidised brass, signed by the prism John Browning, 63 Strand, London, circumference scale divided 0-110 with vernier and magnifier, 13in. observation tube with rack-and-pinion fine focus, secondary tube with crystal sample, mounted on tapering brass pillar to painted iron stand secured to sliding base board to fit case with ivorine retailer's label for Clarkson's, High Holborn, London, the case -- 15½ x 9½in. (39.5 x 24cm.)

Condition Report
In apparently excellent overall condition with very little wear and in complete and original condition; the tube retainers in the box are both split along the grains.

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