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Achromatic and Sapphire Solar Microscopic Exhibition Handbill, c1840 - 1850

 Item — Box: John Barmwell Taylor Box 1
Reference code: 178T1.51

Scope and Contents

Achromatic and Sapphire Solar Microscopic Exhibition at Albany Rooms, York and Albany Tavern.'A grand spectacle of living aquatic insects, animalcules and other portions of Minute Nature Magnified several thousand times and occupying an area of upwards of 90 square feet'.

Dates

  • Creation: c1840 - 1850

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 188mm x 109mm

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Cultural context

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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