Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles
circa 1950
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
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
Horn framed reading lens with trefoiled handle
1680-1700
Optician's trial set of lenses
Reading lens in wooden frame and handle
1650
Section of shear pin containing fibre optic cable
1985
prismatic binoculars (6 x 42) object glass diameter 40mm
1939-1941
Becquerel phosphoroscope
1865-1875
Phakoscope designed by Hermann von Helmhotz
1870-1878
Newton's rings demonstration apparatus by J. Duboscq
1875-1885
Exgovernment inra-red detector
Tank periscope
Opera glasses with five telescopic draws
FT27 rangefinder
1914
Kelvin Haptic or Scleral lenses set
1947-1950
Hand stereoscope made by Underwood and Underwood
Lens type PS 0120001 polished and anti-reflection coated by Barr and Stroud Ltd.
1986
Plastic plano-concave lens for a head-up display
1983
Periscope used in the trenches
Solution for use with "menicon o"2 contact lenses
Circular graded spectrum interference filter (140mm dia)
1970-1973
Reading lens in leather mount, 1701-1730
1701-1720
Wollaston type reflecting goniometer on marble base
Stereoscope by Antoine Claudet
screw vice for producing double refraction using pressure
1880-1885
Japanese magic mirror
Computer-generated animated holographic stereogram
1990-1994
FT37 rangefinder
1939-1945
Piece of barbed steel 'Sabretape'
1985
Onyx black mirror
Iceland spar
1876
Fiducial-ray Cobalt-glass and ocular
Holographic Head-up Display Combiner, 1985
1985
FF3 rangefinder, by Barr and Stroud
1916
Image conduit (6mm dia) with a right angle bend
1980-1985
Binocular opera glasses with enamel and mother-of-pearl decoration
1865-1875
Wollaston-type optometer
1825-1835
Plastic aspheric lens for the BEA guide weapon camera system
1982