'Porro' type optical system taken from field glass binoculars

Made:
1930-1950 in Glasgow
maker:
Barr and Stroud Limited
'Porro' type optical system with modified cemented 'Porro'

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'Porro' type optical system with modified cemented 'Porro'
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'Porro' type optical system with modified cemented 'Porro' glass prisms and cemented magnifying eye-piece field-lens, taken from (7 x 50) field glass binoculars by Barr and Stroud Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, 1930-1950.

Details

Category:
Optics
Object Number:
1955-322
Materials:
glass, Canada balsam and stainless steel
Measurements:
overall: 50 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm, .03kg
type:
porro–abbe prism and component - object
credit:
Banfield, Arthur Clive