Shelfmark

Maker

Various

Subjects

optical (borescopes; daylight floodlights; navigating and gun sights; optical glass; photographic lenses; small object projectors; signalling lamps; binoculars; cameras; lanterns; kinematograph projectors; epidiascopes; polarimeters; spectroscopes; refractometers; spectrographs; spectrometers; spectrophotometeric apparatus; eyeglasses; ophthalmic instruments; spectacles; bifocals; cathetometers; optical bench; photo-electric cells; photometers; eyepieces; telescopes; heliostat; lenses; stereoscope; polariscope; opera glasses; opthalmoscopes; mirrors; scioptric balls; stroboscope; zoetrope; praxinoscope; objectives; thaumotrope; optical cabinets; prisms); dials (universal dials; sundial); microscopes (mounting media; microscopes; accessories; microtomes); mechanical horology (chronographs); electrical (electrometers; galvanometer); physics (extensometer; metal bending tester; pressure gauges; Magdeburg hemispheres); meteorology (sunshine recording apparatus); thermometry (pyrometers); surveying (theodolites; stereoplotter; compass; circumferentor); drawing; astronomy (circles; astrolabes; quadrants; armillary sphere; orrery); physiology (model eye); navigation (sextant; artificial horizon; octants); thermometry (thermometers); calculating (Napier’s rods; calculating machine; slide rule); spheres (globes); books (on optics)

Title

The Optical Convention 1926

Description

Includes many historical instruments, including a wide range of microscopes.
Catalogue for the Optical Convention 1926, includes part of a list of new equipment and makers, as well as a list of historic apparatus on display.

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Latest Date

Pages

16

Address

Imperial College of Science And Technology, Imperial Institute Road, South Kensington, London, S.W.7 [England]

Other Makers

Stafford Allen & Sons. Ltd Aldis Brothers Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers Ltd. C. Baker R. and J. Beck Ltd Bellingham & Stanley Ltd. The British Ocentric Optical Co. Ltd Clifford Brown Ltd J. L. Bruce Ltd Cambridge Instrument Co. Ltd Carey-Gavey Syndicate Ltd C.F. Casella & Co. Ltd.

Cat no

Contents List

Hardback

Prices

Index

Yes

Illustrations

General Ref