Stories
- Article
Do you see what I see?
Is reality actually what you see, or just an elaborate illusion?
- Photo story
The spectacle maker
Born into the eyewear business 80 years ago, Lawrence Jenkin still designs and makes glasses, while supporting and inspiring the generations of designers following him.
- Article
Life before assistive technology
When an inherited condition caused Alex Lee’s vision to deteriorate, he began to discover the technologies that would help him navigate the world around him. Here he describes how his life began to change.
- Article
Demanding a diagnosis for invisible pain
After dozens of hospital visits and handfuls of painkillers, a plethora of scans and tests bring diagnosis closer for Jaipreet Virdi.
Catalogue
- Digital Images
- Online
Optics.
- Pictures
- Online
Optics: a simple microscope. Engraving.
Reference: 47512i- Pictures
Optics: compound microscopes. Engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
Date: 1820Reference: 47505i- Pictures
- Online
Optics: various microscopes. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1820.
Date: 1820Reference: 47503i- Pictures
- Online
Optics: three kinds of simple microscope. Engraving.
Reference: 47510i