Optical devices Surviving artifact

Bregans Burning Lens

1690 lens; 1767 mount

Speculative use · Tartarian imagining

Imagine an Old World solar workshop concentrating sunlight for experiments in matter and transformation.

An imagined use within Tartarian lore; its historic use is not established by this interpretation.

Where it survives

Museo Galileo

Florence, Italy

Current collection custodian; pin marks the museum approximately, not the original findspot. Display and access may vary.

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Collection reference: 2545, 2710/bis

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