Ross-type camera lucida

maker:
Andrew Ross
Ross-type camera lucida, (for drawing), English, 1825-1850

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Ross-type camera lucida, (for drawing), English, 1825-1850
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Ross-type camera lucida, (for drawing), English, 1825-1850

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-268/2
Materials:
stand, brass, prism housing, brass, lens mountings, brass, lenses & prism, glass, box, mahogany and box, baize, blue, lined in part
Measurements:
shortest: length 210 mm
max: length 600 mm
box: length 235 mm
box: width 82 mm
box: height 30 mm
type:
optical drawing aid - camera lucida
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust

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