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Compressor Specimen Holder, by C. Baker, London, c.1875-1900

Inventory Number 46558

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46558

Item type
Object
Makers
C. Baker
Provenance
Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection. Presented by Peter Karel Sartory, 17 April 1957
Primary inscriptions
"C. BAKER / 244 / HIGH HOLBORN / LONDON" on plate.
Physical material
Copper alloy
paint
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 25mm Width: 85mm Depth: 29mm Weight: 53g
Inventory No
46558

Description

Mounted on a brushed copper alloy plate with a recessed glass disc is a riveted screw that, when turned, raises or lowers a bevelled sickle-shaped disc.  Used for compressing and mounting specimens onto slides.

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