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Dissecting Microscope, by Henry Raines Shuttleworth, London, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 70009


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970 Presented to the Royal Microscopical Society by C Lees Curties 1905
Primary inscriptions
"Shuttleworth London" on stage
Object type
Microscope Case
Dimensions
Height: 140mm Width: 110mm Depth: 37mm
Inventory No
70009
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Dissecting microscope by Shuttleworth. Microscope attached to black hide covered wooded box. Box contains single ivory slider with five specimen windows.