Museo Galileo - Prismatic lens with mount

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Section of Rooms XII and XIII

- Setting:
  
  Room XIII
- Maker:
  
  unknown
- Date:
  
  second half 18th cent.
- Materials:
  
  glass, wood
- Dimensions:
  
  diameter 101 mm
- Inventory:
  
  2613

Prismatic lens mounted on a turned wooden ring. Prismatic lenses can be used as optical toys because of their ability to multiply images.

Typology

- Prismatic lens

Context