Exhibition Area/Museum
Museum
The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
Date
1893
Object Number
SLM.2016.297.1-11
Title

Third Order Dioptric Lens from Helliar Holm Lighthouse

Object Category
Lens
Object Name
Lens
Description

Made by the Barbier Company, Paris, this smaller Third Order Lens could not produce a flash. Instead a shutter would spin round the light on the inside of the lens to produce a flash sequence.

Acquisition Number
SLM.2016.297.1-11
Location
Exhibition Area/Museum