| Reference number | 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 |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | JBO/14/170 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/13/19 |