Refracting telescope with achromatic lens, made by the Dollond family
1760-1775
Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles
circa 1950
Telescope by John Yarwell.
1685-1695
Telescope by Christopher Cock
1673
‘Visual glasses’ designed by Benjamin Martin
1756-1800
Telescope by John Marshall
1685-1695
Handheld reading lens and case
1680-1700
Camera obscura
1845-1855
Avo light meter model 3
1970-1979
Model of a Penrose staircase
1968
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
Polarization demonstration material associated with Silvanus P. Thompson
Polarization demonstration material associated with Silvanus P. Thompson
Camera Obscura Models by John Hammond, 1990-95
1990-1995
Reflecting telescope model
1850-1924
Refracting Telescope
Binocular bifocal periscope
Hand held telescope
1850-1924
Five synthetic ruby laser rods
1969
Peep show with eighteen paper slides of French scenes
1825-1835
Triunial Optical Projection Lantern
Spectrometer, fitted with replica of Rowlands grating
1905-1907
Pair of plastic National Health Service spectacles in blue case
circa 1950
Animated Holographic Stereogram, about 1995
1995
Ten draw silver collapsible spyglass
1804-1822
Prismatic binoculars
1920-1935
Pair of yellow tinted sunspectacles marked ANGLETTE PAT.99300,
1850-1900
Spectacle case
circa 1950
Wooden box containing shapes for birefringence demonstration
Lenticular Kaleidoscope, 1980-1990
1980-1990
Dutch folding eyeglasses with oval lenses and 'easy' band spring
1850-1913
Spectacle frame
1828-1838
Pair of Ross binoculars used in World War I
Marble-made peepshow in pedestal design
Instructions for "The Rainbow Cup" educational toy
1911-1930
Six waterhouse stops
1800-1950
White light bleached phase reflection hologram of underwater objects
Interference colour filter, 3" diameter.
hand-painted lantern slides of astronomical subjects
1815-1825
Set of ophalmological test charts
1920-1939
Camera lucida
Black plastic rack contraining nine slides of blue glass ('Lovibond glasses') in increasingly dark tints
1940-1958
Claude Lorrain mirror in fish-skin case
