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Camera obscura
- Made:
- 1845-1855
![Camera obscura, box-type](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/320/669/small_thumbnail_smg00032917.jpg)
![Camera obscura, box-type](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/4/264/small_thumbnail_1907_0086__0003_.jpg)
![Camera obscura, box-type](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/4/263/small_thumbnail_1907_0086__0002_.jpg)
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Camera obscura, box-type, with 2 3/8-inch meniscus lens concavo-convex of about 11-inches focal length, c. 1850.
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Object Number:
- 1907-86
- Materials:
- mahogany (wood), metal (unknown), copper (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and iron
- Measurements:
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overall (closed): 155 mm x 205 mm x 390 mm, , 2.335kg
- credit:
- J.C. Stevens (Auction Sales)