| RefNo | CLP/2/20 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Paper, 'Of the invention of optick glasses, telescopes, spectacles etc' by unknown author | 
| Date | [1727] | 
| Description | The paper details the history of the invention of telescopes and glasses in spectacles and summarises theories by other academics about the origins of these inventions.
  Subject: Scientific Instruments / Optics
  Communicated by Dr de la Motte. Read to the Royal Society on 1 February 1727. | 
| Extent | 22p | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper | 
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
| RelatedMaterial | JBO/14/170 | 
| RelatedRecord | RBO/13/19 |