拍品 261
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Globe lens
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Globe lens

細節
Globe lens
Harrison & Schnitzer, New York; brass barrel, rear wheel stops and mounting flange, the front rim marked C.C. HARRISON & J. SCHNITZER, NEW YORK. PATENTED JUNE 17 1862
出版
Rudolf Kingslake (1989), A History of the Photographic Lens, p. 52-53.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Condition: 3
Cosmetic: Light signs of wear.


Harrison and Schnitzer's globe lens was the subject of British patent 2496 of 13 October 1860 and United States patent 35,605. Kingslake describes the lens as the 'best known of the early wide-angle symmetrical lenses'. The lens covered a semifield of 40 degrees.