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Eye-testing Apparatus in Case, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 61897


Item type
Object
Provenance
Gift from Dr Beron John, Rock House, Pembrey House, Burry Port, South Wales
Primary inscriptions
None
Physical material
Metal
Glass
Elastic
Wood
Dimensions
Weight: 2.55kg
Inventory No
61897
Accession Number
1962-135

Description

Wooden box containing two optometric spectacle frames, an ophthalmoscope, 30 pairs of concave-spherical lenses 0.25 - 20 dioptric, 18 cylindrical lenses 0.25 - 7.0 dioptric, 30 pairs of convex-spherical lenses 0.25 - 20 dioptric, and four pairs of dark-glasses. Some pairs are incomplete.

Wooden box containing two optometric spectacle frames, an ophthalmoscope, and concave-spherical lenses 0.25 - 20 dioptric, cylindrical lenses 0.25 - 7.0 dioptric, convex-spherical lenses 0.25 - 20 dioptric, and dark-glass lenses. Some pairs are incomplete.