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We are open five days a week, Monday to Friday 12.30 - 16:30

 

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Detail of glass fungus model

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Opening Times

Please note that our lift is currently out of action and we do not have a step-free entrance.

Our maintenance unit is dealing with this urgently, and we hope to resolve within the next two weeks.

We are open five days a week, 12.30 - 16:30.

Monday 12.30 - 16:30

Tuesday 12.30 - 16:30

Wednesday 12.30 - 16:30

Thursday 12.30 - 16:30

Friday 12.30 - 16:30

We hope to see you soon!

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Read more at: The Problems with Lenses, and the 19th-century Solution

The Problems with Lenses, and the 19th-century Solution

Detail showing the stage and objective lens of the 1730s microscope used to take the image of a flea, shown below.

Until about 1830 two major problems had affected lens manufacture: chromatic aberration G and spherical aberration. G These problems were solved by J. J. Lister, and the microscope made by his colleague William Tulley is one of the most significant instruments of the period.

 

             

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