Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family

Optics

1760-1775

‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin

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1756-1800

Telescope by Christopher Cock

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1673

Telescope by John Yarwell.

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1685-1695

Telescope by John Marshall

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1685-1695

Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles

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c. 1950

Handheld reading lens and case

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1680-1700

Stereoscopic viewer marked "Exposition Universelle

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Optician's shop sign in the form of a large pair brass framed spectacles with coloured glass

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'Japanese' magic mirror

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Periscope for use in trenches, by R. & J. Beck Ltd.

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1918

Box-type Camera Obscura

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1795-1805

Colour filters, (Claude Lorraine glasses)

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1800-1825

'Fernglas 08' Galilean binoculars, in case

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1908-1918

Two-power artillery periscope

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1917

Delactis' 8x40 binocular serial number 1430186 by

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1925-1929

Chateau de Versailles

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1825-1835

35-plate echelon diffraction grating by Adam Hilge

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1930

Prismatic binoculars, sectioned, by Ross of London

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1945-1951

Claude Lorrain mirror in fish-skin case

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1801-1820

Avo light meter model 3, made by Avo Ltd., Dover,

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1970-1979

William Herschel’s ‘infrared’ prism

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1795-1805

Ophthalmic lens blank in Reactolite Rapide photochromic glass

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1986-1987

Man's spectacles, black 'library' frame, NHS lense

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1935-1945

Kershaw 'Vanguard' 10x50 Prismatic binocular no 71193

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1950-1959

Simple camera lucida kit in plastic with five pens

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Gregorian reflecting telescope

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1755-1765

Multiplying spectacles, 1650

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1650

Grand Trianon (Versailles)

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1825-1835

The first Michelson Echelon Grating made in Europe

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1899

Rangefinder, Cotton type Mk.11, No.6584, Made E.R.

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Brewster type achromatic stereoscope

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1860-1870

Phakoscope designed by Hermann von Helmhotz, made by H. Sittel

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1870-1878

Extra glass prism, for tripod stand mounted camera obscura

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7x50 binocular with internal filters model CF41 se

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1940

Camera obscura, box-type, with 2 3/8-inch meniscus

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1845-1855

Large gunsight telescope, no.3058, patent G340 by

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Three-draw leather covered terrestrial telescope

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1911

Concave mirror, 12 inch diameter, in wooden frame,

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1870

Naturalist's telescope by William Cary, London, 7

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1790-1810

Steel rimmed spectacle frames

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1800-1870

Tank periscope

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Diagrammatic model of 'Merton Nut' used for making

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1948-1956

Spherometer, calibrated in dioptres, on circular b

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1900-1949

'Rainbow Cup' scientific toy, invented by Charles Vernon Boys

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1911-1930

Boys' original 'Rainbow Cup'

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1911

Industrial safety spectacles, BS 2092.2, by Combin

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1970-1980

Onyx black mirror

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Zeiss 7x50 binocular with Porro-II prisms and coat

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1937-1945

4-draw "Target" telescope, with coated lenses and

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c. 1950