Camera obscura

International names:

Camera obscura

Danish Instrument Inventory text:

Camera obscura. Mahogany 850x410x150 when folded into a portable case. H750 when opened. Base 850x410 with opening for hands when sketching. Shaped opening for viewing eyes. Pyramid shaped upper part with lens and 45 deg mirror reflecting the landscape to the bottom of the instrument.Ref: Il Museo di Fisica 8/VII by Giorgio Dragoni describes the instrument on page 146 and ascribes it to George Adams (likely jun).Not signedc1800 (g)

• Category: Light
• Hauch number: F48
• Inventory number: 4930
• Danish Instrument Inventory number: 2310

• Hauch references:
• Begynd.grund: §305
• Cabinet 1: Bd.2 p 104; pl.32 fig 5

• Literature:

• Gehler(1787-96) IV p.865 fig.98

  Bud & Warner(1998) p.90