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FIG XXXIX / Lens grinding machine
REPRODUCTION IMAGES COLLECTION
picture; print
20th c.
paper
overall: 145 x 133 mm
1999.266
REPRODUCTION IMAGES COLLECTION
picture; print
20th c.
paper
overall: 145 x 133 mm
Modern photographic reproduction of an historic early engraving, itself based on an original print from 1647. Depicts a lens-grinding/polishing machine after that of Johannes Hevelius, with bow-driven turntable and trestle stand upon a tiled floor.
1999.266