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Lerebours and Secretan Petzval Camera Petzval Lens

Inventory Number 65609


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.65609

Item type
Object
Makers
Petzval
Primary inscriptions
"No. 3553 / LEREBOURS / et SECRETAN / a Paris"
Physical material
copper alloy
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 136mm Width: 90mm Depth: 72mm Weight: 652g
Inventory No
65609

Description

Copper alloy cylindrical Petzval type camera lens with a screw on the side which moves the central collar to adjust the zoom.