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Objective lens
Objective lens
Objective lens

Inv. 2589
V.21 Objective lens
End of the seventeenth century
Unsigned
Glass, wood, cardboard
Diameter 190 mm

Description


A large biconvex objective lens mounted in a wooden ring covered with cardboard. The diameter of the lens alone is 165 mm, the aperture 146 mm, the focal length 13.1 m. The glass shows a slight green tint and has elliptical inclusions and bubbles.




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