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Microscope Slide Collection, Various Makers, English, c. 1860-90

Inventory Number 37159


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.37159

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection. Delivered by Sir Edward Warner, 16 February 1990
Primary inscriptions
"313, High Holborn, W. WATSON & SON. London" on some slides, "NEWTON & CO, 3 Fleet St. Temple Bar LONDON" on others, "Prize Medal Paris 1867" on others, "GOLDMEDAILLEN St. Petersburg & Altona 1869 J.D. MÖLLER" on others.
Object type
Box
Dimensions
Height: 225mm Width: 255mm Depth: 210mm
Inventory No
37159

Description

Pair of wooden cabinets of slides with windowpane doors. Each cabinet contains 17 drawers, each with places for 12 glass slides for approximate total of 400 glass slides. Slides accompany RMS number 278 and are in the Turner Catalogue, entry number 155.