Cooke Lenses - Taylor, Taylor and Hobson in Museums

Displays with exibits associated with Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

Taylor Hobson Lens on a projector at Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester
Electric Theatre at Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester	This uses a Taylor Hobson lens in the projector.

There is a display about Taylor Hobson at Snibston Discovery Museum.

Lenses and lens grinding machine.	The display case contains Taylor Hobson lenses. On the right is a machine for grinding lenses. Click on image for larger version.
Lens grinding machine	A close-up of the machine in the photograph above. Click on image for larger version.
Lens edging machine.	The caption says this was used to grind the outside edge of a polished lens so that it remained true to the optical axis. Click on image for larger version.
Glass slitting machine	Used for cutting the glass before rough grinding. Click on image for larger version.
Taylor Hobson machines.	The machine in the foreground, the Talyrond No 1 is used for measurement. In the centre is a display about William Taylor's work on golf balls. Click on image for larger version.
Talysurf Model 2	This machine was used for measuring the smoothness of surfaces. Click on image for larger version.
Display of Taylor Hobson lenses.	Their uses ranged from portraits to Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica. Click on image for larger version.
Magic Lantern and cameras.	The lantern slide projector was made by the Taylor brothers in 1881. The cameras have Taylor Hobson lenses. Click on image for larger version.

Projector at the Projected Picture Trust's Museum of Cinema Technology, Bletchley Park.

The projector has a Taylor Hobson lens.

Last updated 12th August, 2013.