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Anamorphic picture

Anamorphic picture

1745-1752
Anamorphic picture, early 18th century, with cone mirror, wooden cover and two anamorphic pictures

Anamorphic picture, early 18th century, with cone mirror, wooden cover and two anamorphic pictures

1745-1753
Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

1926, April
Primary metal speculum mirror with central hole

Primary metal speculum mirror with central hole

1840-1850
Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1898
Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1899
Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

1882-1899
Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1882, Nov 6
Concave diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave diffraction grating on speculum metal

1926, May
Heliostat, c. 1752.

Heliostat, c. 1752.

1747-1757
diffraction grating on speculum metal, gra

diffraction grating on speculum metal, gra

1881
Concave diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave diffraction grating on speculum metal

1910-1948 (estimated)
Heliostatic mounting

Heliostatic mounting

1795-1805
Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1894
Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1894
Plane Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

Plane Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal

1895-1909 (estimated)
Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

1882-1909 (estimated)
Cassegrain reflecting Telescope of 2 1/2-inch aperture

Cassegrain reflecting Telescope of 2 1/2-inch aperture

1756-1758
Diffraction grating area 5 cm by 4.5 cm on 8 cm by 7.5 cm (approx) block of speculum metal

Diffraction grating area 5 cm by 4.5 cm on 8 cm by 7.5 cm (approx) block of speculum metal

1905-05-26
Reflecting telescope by William Herschel, 1783-1785

Reflecting telescope by William Herschel, 1783-1785

1783-1785
Nine inch mirror of speculum metal (exact diam" 8 15/16 in) in tin cell with close fitting cover 9 1/2" diam, 1 1/2" deep, focal length 10' 1", cell and cover each painted " J"

Mirror of speculum metal in tin cell

1780-1820
Gregorian reflecting telescope of 3-inch aperture by James Short, London [138/878 = 12] (138th of 12 inch type out of 878 made) plus 1 spare eyepiece, no stand. [replica mahogany (wood) stand was made in workshops]

Gregorian reflecting telescope of 3-inch aperture by James Short

1753-1755
Objective mirror assembly for a reflecting microscope comprising large aspheric aluminised speculum metal primary mirror made by I. H. Ford on C. R. Burch's mirror figuring machine at Bristol (Inv. No. 1986-113), plus a small aluminised spherical mirror, made from part of a ball bearing, in a kinematically designed mount allowing backlash-free adjustment of the primary mirror in the x and y directions and the secondary mirror in the z direction, made between about 1954 and 1964. Also an engineering drawing of the assembly.

Objective mirror assembly for a reflecting microscope

1954-1964
Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal, grating area 139 x 57 mm, with scratched markings reading 'Ruled at J. H. U. 1934 / R. W. Wood & W. H. Perry / 30,000 lines per inch / 21' radius of curvature'. (J. H. U. = Johns Hopkins University.)

Concave Rowland-type diffraction grating on speculum metal

1934
Oval shaped secondary speculum mirror with cover, from the 6-foot Rosse telescope

Oval shaped secondary speculum mirror with cover

1845-1850
Brass Gregorian telescope of 3 1/2 inch aperture by B. Martin, London on altazimuth stand with claw foot stand, 2 eyepieces and a wooden case. The instrument was used by John Winthrop to observe the 1761 transit of Venus. Given to Harvard College by Thomas Hancock of Boston Mass., it is thought to be the only instrument to survive the fire of 1764.

Brass Gregorian telescope of 3 1/2 inch aperture by B. Martin

1757-1761
Two plane speculums by Lassell, with Lassell's M.S. directions

Two plane speculums by Lassell

1840-1850