+
-
Optics Plate VIII
A hand-coloured engraving of optical insruments including telescopes and a camera obscura, engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis in 1820 as part of its treatment of optics. George Biddel Airy, the Astronomer Royal, recalled that he owed much of his early education in optics and the other sciences to this encyclopaedia. He described it in his Autobiography as "a work which without being high in any respect is one of the most generally useful that I have seen".
ZBA4492-ZBA4496 are all plates from this volume.
ZBA4492-ZBA4496 are all plates from this volume.
For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.
Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4493 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Pass, J. |
| Date made: | 1820 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 293 x 222 mm |
Your Request
If an item is shown as “offsite”, please allow eight days for your order to be processed. For further information, please contact Archive staff:
Email: library@rmg.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 8312 6516 (during Library opening hours)
Click “Continue” below to continue processing your order with the Library team.