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Non-Commercial Use
12
Category
Astronomy
12
Microscopy (Wellcome)
1
Collection
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
1
Maker
G and S Merz
2
Borel, Pierre, 1629-1689
1
Charles Tulley
1
Cooke, Thomas, 1807-1868
1
Cooke, Troughton and Simms Limited
1
Edward Scarlett
1
G & S Merz; Cooke, Troughton and Simms Limited
1
G & S Merz
1
Hartnack, et Cie, E. (maker)
1
Pierre Borel
1
On Display
Science Museum
1
Science City
1
Object type
objective lenses
13
components
11
components; objective lenses
11
case
1
case; objective lenses
1
instrument component
1
instrument component; mural circle; objective lenses
1
mural circle
1
Place
London
4
London, England, United Kingdom
2
Munich
2
York
2
England
1
France
1
Islington
1
Islington, London, England, United Kingdom
1
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1
Long Acre, London, England, United Kingdom
1
Material
glass
10
complete
5
brass
4
wood
4
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
1
case, mahogany
1
glass, brass
1
lead
1
leather
1
mahogany (wood)
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Objective lens by John Reeves
1657-1689
Astronomical object glass lens of 10-inch diameter by G. & S. Merz
1867-1904
One of two old lenses, in lead mount
John Flamsteed’s 90ft. focal length Object-glass
1650-1677
Objective lens (4-inch) of around 30 feet focal length with wooden case and marked
1930-1939
Objective glass lens of about 17 feet focal length, c 1945
1935-1955
One of two old object glasses of 2 1/4-inch aperture in wood mount by Edward Scarlet
1705-1743
One of two old lenses, in wood mount