Two circle crystal-grinding goniometer
R. Fuess, Steglitz - Berlin
Two circle goniometer for making plaster crystal models.
Lacquered brass and blackened brass with graduated circles
(12 and 10 cm) and vernier read-out, steel specimen holder
and steel rod (spring around this rod is missing) with
grinding plate. Height: 30.5 cm.
Signed "R. Fuess Steglitz - Berlin", early 20th
century.
The instrument was designed and described by Friedrich
Stöber (1914),
Über einige neue krystallographische
Apparate, Zeitschrift für Krystallographie,
54, 273-288.
collection: Museum for the History of Sciences
Universiteit Gent, Belgium (inventory number: MW 01/4922)