Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles
circa 1950
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
Camera obscura
1845-1855
Laussedat type camera lucida, with trade cards
1875
Set of 13 anaglyph pictures
1895-1905
Kaleidoscope, by Philip Carpenter, Birmingham, with case
1815-1825
Original Porro telescope (Prism Monocular) by J. G. Hofmann of Paris
1865-1875
Ten slabs of unannealed glass
1825-1835
Polarization demonstration material
Magic lantern slides
1811-1825
Polarization demonstration material associated with Silvanus P. Thompson
Polarization demonstration material associated with Silvanus P. Thompson
Hand held telescope
1850-1924
Five synthetic ruby laser rods
1969
Pair of Ross binoculars used in World War I
Camera lucida, Wollaston style, with black fish-skin case
1830-1850
Miniature spyglass telescope with boxwood case
1725-1735.
Camera lucida, Wollaston style, with fish-skin case
1810-1830
Camera lucida, Wollaston style, with fish-skin case
1820-1850
Camera lucida, Wollaston style, with leather case
1810-1830
Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses
1851-1900
Wollaston-type camera lucida with Ross lenses, by Adie & Son
1835-1880
Wollaston-type camera lucida
1831-1870
Marble-made peepshow in pedestal design
Seven Original Stereograms by Charles Wheatsone, 1845-1855
1845-1855
'Fernglas 08' Galilean binoculars, in case
1908-1918
Hand magnifier with 67x47mm (aspheric) acrylic lens and ivory-coloured handle
1950-1959
Plate cut from anhydrite biaxial crystal
Plate cut from diopside biaxial crystal
Plate cut from cryolite biaxial crystal
Diffraction Grating
Double prism on ornamental stand Boggetts patent
Pair of Tourmalines, mounted in frame
1872
Fresnel parallelopipeds mounted on brass
1876
Foucault prism (one half of complete polarizing prism)
1876
White light reflection hologram entitled "He Speaks to the Woman"
1985
Miniature direct vision spectroscope by W. Ladd and Co.
Direct vision spectroscope
Fibre optic link (straight through)
Small periscope
1897
Eyepiece with 39mm focal length
Pocket microscope
Naval telescope, British, 1850-1899
