Lenses Collection (page 2)

Frustrated photographer at trotting races, Mahon, Menorca
A male photographer tries to take a close-up picture of a racehorse in its stable - but the horse pushes its nose into his camera to take a closer look

Newton Invents a New Telescope, c1934. Illustration showing Isaac Newton (1643-1727) with his invention, the Newtonian telescope, and assistant grinding lenses

Ant compound eye, SEM C018 / 0552
Ant compound eye, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The units in a compound eye, the ommatidia, each contain a cornea and photoreceptor cells

Yacht ice sea Sailor goes Reene Jaggt Shooting
Yacht in the ice sea Sailor goes on the Reene Jaggt / Shooting, Kneppelen and Lensen der Walrus / t Schip by Mooy lost again in the Ys / Den Ys Bear fell

Lighthouse. Revolving Dioptric Apparatus, 19Th Century. From Cyclopaedia Of Useful Arts And Manufactures By Charles Tomlinson

Lens Making, France
Making lenses from a glass sphere which has been blown using compressed air; at a French glassworks Date: 1896

1916 British Army issue telescope with broad arrow, manufactured by T. T. & H. Limited, No. 11801. TEL SIG (Mk.IV), ALSO G.S. together with low and high lenses, in leather case

Illustration, microscope, side view

Butterfly eye, SEM C016 / 9382
Butterfly eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye (blue) of a butterfly, showing the individual lenses (ommatidia)

Wasp eye. Close-up of one of the compound eyes of a wasp (order Hymenoptera), showing the individual lenses (ommatidia, hexagonal)

Bluebottle eye. Close-up of one of the compound eyes of a bluebottle (family Calliphoridae) fly, showing the individual lenses (ommatidia, hexagonal)

Kodak Factory 1930S
Glass lenses being sorted at the Kodak works in Wealdstone Date: 1930s

Lighthouse lantern, 1886. Detail. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Martians watching scenes of life on Earth
A group of Martians watching scenes of life on Earth through special viewfinders. Date: 1906

John Dollond
JOHN DOLLOND English optician; improved telescopic lenses Date: 1706 - 1761

Pince nez and blue eyes on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Military spectacles by Dollands, WW1
Specialist military spectacles with larger lenses and secure hooks, as supplied by Dollands of Oxford Street. The advertisement claims that many civilians are adopting the style due to its obvious

Microscope, light passing through lenses and focusing on glass slide, light also reflecting from mirror onto underside of object being viewed, angled view

Illustration, magnifying glass

Portrait of Zacharias Jansen, 1655 (engraving)
XOS1766231 Portrait of Zacharias Jansen, 1655 (engraving) by Meurs, Jacob van (c.1619-a.1680); 18.8x14 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Stock market news, headline Dax and markets in a newspaper seen through glasses

Long focal length refracting telescope, 1728. The lenses for this instrument were by Francesco Campani, Italian lens maker of Bologna. From Hesperi et Phosphori nova Phenomena by Francesco Bianchini

Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869) English physicist and opticist who made important improvements to the microscope. On the table beside him is his improved microscope (1828)

Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703) English scientist. Title page of a 1745 edition of his work Micrographia, detailing his observations through various lenses

The Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England. This is the fifth Eddystone lighthouse, designed by James Douglas, engineer to Trinity House

Yellow angled lamp, petri dish, glass beaker, hand lens, tweezers, funnel, sieve

Microscope Optics and Mirror Diagrams C017 / 3456
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing illustrations of microscope optics and apparatus. Several technical innovations make microscopes better and easier to handle

Reflaction and Telescope Optics C017 / 3507
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing diagrams of telescope optics, and light raypaths through prisms and lenses to the eye

Fruit fly compound eye, SEM
Fruit fly compound eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye of a male fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Light microscope C014 / 1407
Light microscope, seen in silhouetted profile. This microscope has a binocular eyepiece (an eyepiece for each eye). The sample is placed on a glass slide on the mount below centre

Gall midge eye, SEM C016 / 9394
Gall midge eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye of a gall midge (family Cecidomyiidae), showing the individual lenses (ommatidia)

Light microscopy C016 / 9700
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Light microscopy C016 / 9703
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Fly eye, SEM C016 / 9392
Fly eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the compound eye (red) of a fly (order Diptera), showing the individual lenses (ommatidia, right) and hairs (blue)

Light microscopy C016 / 9702
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Common blue damselfly eyes, SEM C016 / 9383
Common blue damselfly eyes, SEM. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), showing its large compound eyes

Light microscopy C016 / 9701
Light microscopy. Light microscope being used to magnify a blood sample

Cosmic string lensing, artwork. Cosmic strings (red) are theoretical one-dimensional loops thought to have formed when regions of spacetime with different properties contacted each other during

Insect eye anatomy, artwork
Insect eye anatomy. Computer artwork showing the structure of a compound eye from an insect. Compound eyes are made up of individual lenses called ommatidia (hexagonal, blue, and far right)

Insect compound eye, SEM C018 / 0554
Insect compound eye, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The units in a compound eye, the ommatidia, each contain a cornea and photoreceptor cells

Electron microscopy water artefact, SEM C018 / 0557
Electron microscopy water artefact, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is the surface of a compound eye from a bee

Insect compound eye, SEM C018 / 0553
Insect compound eye, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The units in a compound eye, the ommatidia, each contain a cornea and photoreceptor cells

Fly compound eye lenses, SEM C018 / 0556
Fly compound eye lenses, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). A compound eye consists of many rounded lenses known as ommatidia

Fruit fly compound eye lenses, SEM C018 / 0555
Fruit fly compound eye lenses, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). A compound eye consists of many rounded lenses known as ommatidia

Cary type microscope, circa 1840 C018 / 7120
Small Cary type microscope in brass dating from around 1840, England. This model was originally designed by Charles Gould in the 1920s

Damselfly eye. Close-up of one of the compound eyes of a damselfly (order Odonata), showing the individual lenses (ommatidia, hexagonal)

Historical ophthalmology refractor. 1910 refraction eye test equipment. This device is used for clinical measurement and correction of refractive errors of the eye

Rain drops on a window at sunrise

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