Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874).
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Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874).
Giant burning glass of the Academie des Sciences, Paris, 18th century, (1874). Constructed under the direction of Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) and others, it was used for chemical experiments. Mounted on a wheeled platform, its lenses were pointed at the sun whose rays they brought to a focus on a stand at the left of the platform, in this case burning whatever was placed there. From Les Applications de la Physique by Amedee Guillemin. (Paris, 1874).
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- Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images
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