Large solar microscope with opaque box
- maker:
- Dollond family
Large solar microscope with opaque box, by Dollond, English, late 18th century
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A56817
- Materials:
- screen & body, brass, opaque box, brass and lenses, glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 650 mm
mirror: length 347 mm
mirror: width 129 mm
screen: length 243 mm
screen: width 243 mm
body: length 114 mm
body, max: diameter 108 mm
box: height 150 mm
box: length 103 mm
box: width 100 mm
- type:
- solar microscopes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)