Part of solar microscope [1]
OPT22.jpg
Origin:
Location:
Date:
1850 (c.)
Dimensions:
Mirror length : 22.5cm, Mirror width : 11cm, Tube diameter : 10cm
English
Inventory Number:
OPT22
Instrument Categories:
- Optics [4]
- Demonstration apparatus [5]
Used at the First Gymnasium of Athens, in Plaka.
"The solar microscope is in reality a magic lantern illuminated by the sun's rays; it serves to produce highly magnified images of very small objects. It is worked in a dark room"
Ref: http://physics.kenyon.edu/EarlyApparatus/Optics/Solar_Microscope/Solar_M... [6]