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Box for Marzoli Objective, No Maker, English, 1890

Inventory Number 95592

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.95592

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
No Maker
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970 Presented to the Royal Microscopical Society by the Tranini brothers of Brescia, grand nephews of Marzoli, May 1890.
Primary inscriptions
"AN ACHROMATIC MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE MADE IN 1811 BY BERNARDINO MARZOLI. PRESENTED BY MESSrs TRAININI BROTHs MAY 1890. SEE JOURN R.M.S. 1890 PAGE 420"
Object type
Microscope accessory
Dimensions
Height: 53mm Width: 100mm Depth: 77mm Weight: 278g
Inventory No
95592
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

This is a mahogany box lined with blue velvet that was made specially in 1890 to hold an achromatic lens made by Bernardino Marzoli in 1811. The box has a hinged lid with an engraved plaque, detailing the donation of the lens to the R.M.S.

1811 is an early date for an achromatic objective lens. B. Mazoli was Curator of the Physical Laboratory of the Lyceum of Brescia. He published a paper on his work in the 'Commentary della Academia di Science' (Breschi 1808).

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