Optical posters & prints

Optical effects in crystalline materials under pressure David Brewster

Optical toy, Polyorama Panoptique and slides. France, mid-19th century Unknown

Optical studies Leonardo Da Vinci

Optical phenomena observed and described by Sir Isaac Newton, 1704 Unknown

Optical studies Leonardo Da Vinci

Leeuwenhoek's microscope Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Frauhofer diffraction patterns generated through different apertures L Schwerd

Catoptric microscope Robert Barker

Fun with Optics Anonymous

Unequal refrangibility of two differently coloured lights C Laplante

Optics. From: LArte di restituire a Roma tralasciate Navigazione..., 1685 Cornelis Jansz. Meijer

Compound microscope William Cary

Spectra from light shone through prisms Anonymous

Fantascope disc, 1833. Thomas Mann Baynes

John Dollond, optician, c1750 Posselwhite

Optical effects in crystalline materials under pressure David Brewster

Spectra from light shone through prisms Anonymous

Spectra from light shone through prisms Anonymous

Powell & Lealand microscope Hugh Powell

Fantascope disc, 1833. Thomas Mann Baynes

William Wollaston's reflecting goniometer for measuring the angles of crystals, 1874 Unknown

Periscopic camera obscura William Hyde Wollaston

Spectra from light shone through prisms Anonymous

Fantascope disc, 1833. Thomas Mann Baynes

Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist, 1800s William Holl

Spectra from light shone through prisms Anonymous

The Optical Viewer (l'Optique), ca. 1794 J.F. Cazenave

Joseph Jackson Lister, English wine merchant and amateur microscopist, 1830s Maull & Co

David Brewster, Scottish physicist, 1868 Unknown

Calx carbonata James Sowerby

Frauhofer diffraction patterns generated through gratings L Schwerd

Booklet of instructions for a Fantascope, 1833. Thomas Mann Baynes

Spectra from light shone through prisms Anonymous

Starfire Adaptive Optics Telescope Anonymous

Waves detected in optical and radio telescopes Anonymous

Optical effects during the heat treatment of glass David Brewster