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Optical lathe
Optical surfaces are polished by abrasion. "Polishing" was initially by hand; later, the optical lathe was developed, which, in its basic structure, is still used in lens-making today. The so-called "air lathe" [tornio in aria] used in Murano and Venice in the early 17th C. was activated [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Optics
- Optics
Type of item
- Multimedia
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Subject
- Optics
- Optics
Type of item
- Multimedia
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Creation date
- 2010
- 2010
Identifier
- urn:imss:multimedia:500059
Extent
- 101 sec.
Format
- video/flv
Language
- eng
- ita
Is referenced by
- http://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/LensgrindingLathe.html
Year
- 2010
Providing country
- Italy