Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles
circa 1950
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
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
Peep show with eighteen paper slides of French scenes
1825-1835
Triunial Optical Projection Lantern
Plate cut from tourmaline uniaxial crystal
Plate cut from barytes biaxial crystal
Plate cut from celestine biaxial crystal
Photoectric cell c. 1915 (probably by GEC)
1910-1920
Two metal dies from plaster cast
1958
Nobili's metallic tints (metallochrome)
pre-1919
Transmitter for converting electrical signals into optical/light signals
1970-1980
Photometric oil lamp
Two wax casts of moulds
1958
Claude Lorrain mirror
1701-1800
Claude Lorrain mirror
1801-1820
Diagrammatic model of 'Merton Nut' used for making replica diffraction gratings
1948-1956
Magnifying glass on stand
Horn framed reading lens with trefoiled handle
1680-1700
Optician's trial set of lenses
Wollaston-type optometer
1825-1835
Screw barrelled microscope, rosewood, gilt brass stand
1680-1690
Large demonstration kaleidoscope on mahogany stand
1840-1860
Hawkseye eyepiece
Reading lens in wooden frame and handle
1650
Small model of eye
Section of shear pin containing fibre optic cable
1985
Glass prism with lugs, in shaped sharkskin case
1745-1755
Withering's botanic simple microscope
1790-1800
Improved Withering Botanic microscope
1790
Pocket 'Flower' microscope with leather case
1815-1825
Ladies spectacles; Tura aluminium frame
Stereoscopic viewer
Ladies spectacles; American frame plastic bifocal lenses
3 to 1 light guide enclosed in brass
1980-1985
prismatic binoculars (6 x 42) object glass diameter 40mm
1939-1941
Becquerel phosphoroscope
1865-1875
Newton's rings demonstration apparatus by J. Duboscq
1875-1885
Fibrox light guide (1.5 mm dia) sheathed with black PVC
1970-1980
