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  • Anatomical drawings of the eye. Description of plate facing page 85, shown in M0011086.
  • Diagram of an eye
  • Essay de dioptrique / [Nicolas Hartsoeker].
  • Optics: crystals exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint [?] by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883, after J. Silbermann.
  • Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures / By Sir Isaac Newton, Knt.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1819.
  • Optics: a simple microscope. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
  • Optics: lens grinders at work (top) and stages in grinding a lens with the tools used (below). Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.
  • Optics: glass tubes (right) and Leeuwenhoek's first microscope (left) Photograph.
  • Anatomical drawings of the eye. Description of plate facing page 85, shown in M0011086.
  • A flowering marvel of Peru plant (Mirabilis jalapa) and nine diagrams illustrating refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1817.
  • Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures / By Sir Isaac Newton, Knt.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1820.
  • The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.
  • Optics: microscopy, including a magnified title page and a specimen holder. Engraving by Barlow.
  • Optics: lens grinding tools and different products with lenses. Engraving by Benard after J.R. Lucotte.
  • Stucture of the Brain, according to Descartes
  • Optics: spectra of various stars, including our sun. Coloured process print by Cassell.
  • A collection of telescopes and other optical instruments. Engraving.
  • William Kitchiner. Stipple engraving by T. Woolnoth, 1827, after W. Rubidge.
  • Anatomical drawings of the eye. Description of plate facing page 85, shown in M0011086.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
  • Optics: crystals exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868, after J. Silbermann.
  • An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
  • Optics: diagrams of reflection and refraction of light. Coloured engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1820.
  • Optics: various microscopes. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
  • Optics: a variety of microscopes and specimens. Engraving, c.1770.
  • Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures / By Sir Isaac Newton, Knt.
  • An allegorical monument to Sir Isaac Newton and his theories on prisms. Line engraving by L. Desplaces after D. M. Fratta after G.B. Pittoni, D. Valeriani and G. Valeriani.
  • Anatomical drawings of the eye. Description of plate facing page 85, shown in M0011086.