- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection.
- Primary inscriptions
- Unsigned and undated
- Inventory No
- 37770
Description
Simple, Algensucher type microscope. This is a small, copper alloy hand-held microscope with the barrel painted tan. At one end is a chamber for the specimen, over which screws a top with a small bubble lens. A threaded cap with single aperture screws into the opposite end of the barrel.
The instrument is stored in a cylindrical cardboard case covered in black paper.
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