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Compound Microscope with Accessories and Case, by Ross, London, c.1883

Inventory Number 49899


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49899

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
Ross
Provenance
Presented by to the RMS by Mrs. Edmund Warner on the 28th of April 1931
Primary inscriptions
"ROSS LONDON 5139" on base
Physical material
Brass
Wood
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Height: 430mm Width: 180mm
Inventory No
49899
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Compound microscope with five objectives, six eyepieces, individual eyepiece, Wenham binocular prism, dark well holder with three dark wells, three sub stage condensers, copper alloy collar, case and case key.