Within Australia
All orders ship freewithin Australia
Rest of the World
Orders over A$300
ship free worldwide
C1807
Optics. Parker’s Burning Lens.
Artist:
Scarce c.19th fine engraving of Parker’s burning lens. William Parker was a British glassmaker and inventor. Based in London, William Parker gained renown for his glass cutting and manufacturing. In 1784, William Parker sent the American Philosophical Society a large … Read Full Description
$A 45
Free Shipping
See Shipping page for Terms & Conditions
Details
Full Title:
Optics. Parker’s Burning Lens.
Date:
C1807
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
223mm
x 180mm
Paper Size:
270mm
x 212mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1807
Description:
Scarce c.19th fine engraving of Parker’s burning lens.
William Parker was a British glassmaker and inventor. Based in London, William Parker gained renown for his glass cutting and manufacturing. In 1784, William Parker sent the American Philosophical Society a large burning lens device which could focus the sun’s rays, thereby melting or fusing various substances.
From: Rees, Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature
Collections: National Library Australia: Bib ID: 7744
State Library South Australia: 032 b v.1-39
Wellcome Collection: EPB/ENCY/1
National Maritime Museum Greenwich: Call Number 03:094
Royal Academy: 03/2943
Yale University Library & Art Gallery: WF 687
State Library New South Wales: 991011546239702626
State Library Victoria: 9940419727807636
Abraham Rees (1743 - 1825)
Abraham Rees was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of Rees's Cyclopædia.
