Burning glasses, 18th century

Made:
1770 in England
Two lenses 8 x 12' mounted 14' apart in frame

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Two lenses 8 x 12' mounted 14' apart in frame
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Two lenses 8" x 12" mounted 14" apart in frame, in box (reputedly used by Cavendish, c. 1770)

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1930-900
type:
lenses and burning glasses
credit:
Cavendish, Victor Christian William, ninth duke of Devonshire