Optical device which transmits and refracts light

An old man trying on spectacles at a street vendor's optical shop. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.

Optics: a simple microscope. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.

Optics: lens grinders at work (top) and stages in grinding a lens with the tools used (below). Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.

Optics: glass tubes (right) and Leeuwenhoek's first microscope (left) Photograph.

Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1820.

Optics: microscopy, including a magnified title page and a specimen holder. Engraving by Barlow.

Women grind glass lenses while two customers try spectacles on. Coloured line engraving, 1799.

Optics: lens grinding tools and different products with lenses. Engraving by Benard after J.R. Lucotte.

An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.

Optics: various microscopes. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.

Optics: a variety of microscopes and specimens. Engraving, c.1770.

Optics: a simple microscope. Engraving.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 18.1 x 10.6 cm

Optics: three kinds of simple microscope. Engraving.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 30.7 x 19.8 cm

Optics: camera obscura (top) and a Leeuwenhoek style microscope (below). Engraving by Benard [after Lucotte].

The principles and methods of geometrical optics : especially as applied to the theory of optical instruments / by James P. C. Southall.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 10.8 x 16.4 cm

Sir Isaac Newton (?) showing an optical experiment to an audience in his laboratory. Wood engraving by Martin after C. Laverie.

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Lenses

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Optics: a simple microscope. Engraving.

Optics: three kinds of simple microscope. Engraving.

Optics: camera obscura (top) and a Leeuwenhoek style microscope (below). Engraving by Benard [after Lucotte].

The principles and methods of geometrical optics : especially as applied to the theory of optical instruments / by James P. C. Southall.

Sir Isaac Newton (?) showing an optical experiment to an audience in his laboratory. Wood engraving by Martin after C. Laverie.

Lenses

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Optics: a simple microscope. Engraving.

Optics: three kinds of simple microscope. Engraving.

Optics: camera obscura (top) and a Leeuwenhoek style microscope (below). Engraving by Benard [after Lucotte].

The principles and methods of geometrical optics : especially as applied to the theory of optical instruments / by James P. C. Southall.

Sir Isaac Newton (?) showing an optical experiment to an audience in his laboratory. Wood engraving by Martin after C. Laverie.

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