Black-and-white photograph of a laboratory interferometer on a wooden platform, with cables, brass fittings and a tube-mounted lens in a dim room.

Fabry and Perot interferometer in a laboratory, 1900

A black-and-white photograph of a wooden platform holding a brass optical instrument with a tube-mounted lens and adjustment screws, set among cables and wall-mounted apparatus. Dim lab light and a worn wooden table fill the background, giving the scene a quiet, experimental feel.

Artist: Charles Fabry
Date: 1900
Medium: Photographic prints
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2921 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1900.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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