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Landscape Camera Singlet Lens

Inventory Number 60223


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.60223

Item type
Object
Physical material
copper alloy
Glass
Dimensions
Diameter: 62mm Height: 87mm Weight: 308g
Inventory No
60223

Description

Singlet landscape lens. Consists of single glass lens housed at the base of a cylindrical copper alloy body tube. Rounded rim around lens has a screw thread enabling it to be attached to further components. Interior section of tube has a further screw thread and hollow 'T' shaped section for attaching lens to camera.