Accession No

3240

Brief Description

camera lens, by J. H. Dallmeyer, English, 1867 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Dallmeyer, J. H.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1867

Latest Date

1867

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass)

Dimensions

height 184mm; maximum diameter 109mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 1985. Transferred from Solar Physics Laboratory, Cambridge to the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, unknown date. Transferred to Cambridge University in 1913 when Solar Physics Laboratory, South Kensington moved to Cambridge (renamed Solar Physics Laboratory, Cambridge).   (?) originally owned by the Solar Physics Laboratory, South Kensington, London (founded 1878). 

Inscription

‘SOLAR PHYSICS
28D’ (front of support)
‘J.H. Dallmeyer
LONDON
No 13086
5.D.
PATENT’ (rear of support)

Description Notes

Two lenses supported by a brass tube.

Condition: good.

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