Lens with mount
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Section of Room IX
Setting:
Room IX
Maker:
unknown
Date:
late 18th cent.
Materials:
glass, wood
Dimensions:
lens diameter 84 mm, mount diameter 175 mm
Inventory:
1339
Biconcave diverging lens mounted in a large wooden ring. Probably an accessory for optical bench.
Typology
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Diverging (or negative) lens
Context
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Collecting tradition of the House of Lorraine
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Historical outline of optics
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Lens-making
In depth
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Optical bench