Museo Galileo - Lens with mount

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Section of Room IX

- Setting:
  
  Room IX
- Maker:
  
  unknown
- Date:
  
  17th cent.
- Materials:
  
  glass, bone
- Dimensions:
  
  lens diameter 66 mm, height 150 mm
- Inventory:
  
  2595

Biconvex converging lens with mount and handle (corroded) in worked bone.

Typology

- Converging (or positive) lens

Context