Early reading glass

Made:: 1705-1715

maker:: Edward Scarlett

Early reading glass, Scarlett type, in fish-skin case

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1918-164

type:: reading glass

credit:: Court, Thomas Henry

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Parts

Scarlett-type magnifier

Materials:: ivory , glass , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , metal and iron

Object Number:: 1918-164 Pt1

type:: magnifying lens

Fish-skin case for reading glass

Object Number:: 1918-164 Pt2

type:: instrument case

Early reading glass

Details

Parts

Scarlett-type magnifier

Fish-skin case for reading glass

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