Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses

Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses

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Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses
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Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses, made by Francis West of 83 Fleet Street, London, England, c. 1851-1900.

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Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-268/1
Materials:
prism & lenses, glass, pillar & clamp, brass, housing, brass, box, wood, box, leather, red, covered, box, velvet, lining base, maroon and box, silk, patterned, maroon, lining lid
Measurements:
overall: length 600 mm
shortest: length 225 mm
vox: length 240 mm
box: width 60 mm
box: height 23 mm
type:
optical drawing aid - camera lucida
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust