Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Japanese magic mirror
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles
circa 1950
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Three-draw leather covered terrestrial telescope by Ross Ltd.
1911
Camera obscura
1845-1855
Kershaw 'Vanguard' 10x50 Prismatic binocular no 71193
1950-1959
Pair of Nike V12 sports sunglasses
1997
Laussedat type camera lucida, with trade cards
1875
Set of 13 anaglyph pictures
1895-1905
Original Porro telescope (Prism Monocular) by J. G. Hofmann of Paris
1865-1875
Ten slabs of unannealed glass
1825-1835
Liebreichn type ophthalmoscope in fitted case
1855-1865
Ophthalmoscope, by "Nachet a Paris"
1790-1890
Claude Lorrain mirror
Early stereoscopic photographs
Claude Lorrain mirror
1875-1900
Weston Photronic model 614 foot-candle meter
1920-1933
Demonstration artificial eye in case
1880-1900
Demonstration artificial eye
1850-1900
Pair of concentric bifocal contact lenses in case
1977-1979
Rachon prism (cement joint broken)
Spectrum tube
Camera Lucida in cylindrical fited case
Apparatus for producing double refraction by flexure
1865-1885
Camera Lucida by Zeiss for use with microscope
Glass block, shaped like half a lens
1850-1924
Prism and brass tube
1850-1924
Brass hand held magnifier
1850-1924
Liquid Prism for angle of 60 º
1876
Original gas resonance tube made by R.W. Wood
Multiplying glass
1801-1900
Three prism objects in brass mounts
1850-1924
One of a stereoscopic pair, printed black image design: Diagonal Black Line crossing Vertical Black Line
One of a stereoscopic pair, printed black image design: Two Circles, One Inside the Other
One of a stereoscopic pair, printed black image design: Three-Step Staircase
Thorp's transparent replica of Rowland's metal diffraction grating 14520 lines/inch
1880-1899
White light reflection hologram of a necklace and earrings
Folding single opera glass, silver
Orthoscopic eyepiece (catalogue no.E100) focal length 4mm
Plate cut from 3mm calcite uniaxial crystal
Claude Lorrain mirror in leather case
Copy of Amateur Photographer magazine
1983
Plate cut from brucite uniaxial crystal
Spectacle case
1800-1920
Glass trough on mahogany stand
1795-1805