An automatic spectrorefractometer with a Littrow spectrometer arrangement has been designed and fabricated to measure the refractive indices of solids and liquids from the visible to the near IR. The achievable accuracy is numericaly analyzed by varying the measuring parameters and the electromechanical system for measuring the prism angle with a rotary encoder and a position sensitive detector is fabricated. The performance of the instrument is discussed in detail and the results of measurements are given. given.