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Magnifying glass from LNWR boardroom

Magnifying glass (from mobile phone repair workshop), 1990-2012

1990-2012

Eyepieces for viewing sunshine recorder cards

Plastic hand magnifier for cataracts sufferers

1970-1990

Metal hand held magnifier

1850-1924

Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Prototype Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Lenses for Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Prototype Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Micromap viewer & map card, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Magnifying glass on telescopic stand, England, c. 1835-1914

1835-1914

Hand magnifying glass on three feet

Magnifying glass on stand

hand magnifying glass

1790-1810

Single hand glass

1790-1850

Folding hand glass with two lenses of different sizes

1799-1860

Magnifying glass, in ornamental tortoiseshell frame

1700-1850

Wood and bone folding magnifying glass

1830-1838

Double pocket hand magnifying glass

1800-1899

Magnifying glass lens in leather case

1700-1850

Brass hand held magnifier

1850-1924

Magnifying Glass

1960-1965

magnifying glasses for yarn counts

circa 1900

Folding Magnifying Glass

1920-1930

Magnifying glass, said to be associated with Charles Friedel

Hand magnifying glass with folding tortoiseshell case

1700-1799

Hand magnifying glass with folding horn case

1700-1799

Hand magnifying glass with tortoiseshell mount and handle

1700-1799

Combined folding opera glass telescope with hand magnifier and fob ring in silver

1825

Folding hand spectacles

1800-1850

A rectangular aspheric magnifying glass (x2) with handle

Plastic hand held magnifier

1850-1924

Prototype Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Prototype Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Prototype Micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Cardboard model of micromap viewer, 1995-1998

1995-1998

Magnifying Glass

Magnifying glass, with brass frame and swivel attachment, for compound microscope, by John Marshall, London, England, 1715, by John Marshall, London, England, 1715

Magnifying glass, from Marshall's 1715 compound microscope

1715

Large brass framed hand magnifying glass with 12-inch focal length (305mm), in tooled leather case case (incomplete - lid missing), unsigned, German, 1700-1750.

Brass magnifying glass in leather case

1750-1750

Compound (two lenses) magnifying reading glass with painted silver plated brass body, in cardboard black leather covered cylindrical case, unsigned, European, 1800-1899.

Compound magnifying reading glass in leather case

1800-1899

Magnifying Glass Issued by The Institution of Locomotive Engineers, Features an Engraving of a Map of the World above a depiction of an early locomotive. Inscription reads 'THE INSTITUTION OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS 1911-1961'.

Magnifying Glass Issued by The Institution of Locomotive Engineers

1961

Stand magnifier with 47mm diameter aspheric acrylic lens and black base, (power 20 dioptres, code no.5428), made in England by Combined Optical Industries Ltd., 198-200 Bath Road, Slough, Berks. SL1 4DW

Stand magnifier with 47mm diameter aspheric acrylic lens

1950-1959

Compound (two lenses) magnifying reading glass with painted silver plated brass body, in wooden red leather covered cylindrical case, unsigned, European, 1800-1899.

Compound magnifying reading glass in leather case

1800-1899

Rhombohedral calcite crystal, 'Iceland Spar' prism with brass eye piece magnifier (removed from instrument), unsigned, European, 1880-1920. Used to demonstrate the double images produced by the mineral calcite.

Rhobomhedral crystal of 'Iceland Spar' with magnifier

1880-1920

Third hand magnifier in red box, by Archibald Young and Son, Edinburgh, Scotland, from doctor’s bag, English, 1925-1935

Third hand magnifier, from doctor’s bag, English, 1925-1935

1925-1935