Camera lucida, Wollaston style, with red leather case

Camera lucida of Wollaston style

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Camera lucida of Wollaston style
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Camera lucida of Wollaston style, with Ross lenses on prism cell, in red leather case, English, 1840-1860

Details

Category:
Optics
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-268/13
Materials:
prism & lenses, glass, cell & rod & clamp, brass, box, leather, red, covered and box, velvet, blue, lined
Measurements:
outer rod: length 161 mm
cell and mounting: length 51 mm
box: length 232 mm
box: width 65 mm
box: height 20 mm
type:
optical drawing aid - camera lucida
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust