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Compound Microscope with Accessories and Case, by Powell & Lealand, London, Dated 1882

Inventory Number 15862


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15862

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Bequeathed to the Society by Eliot Merlin in 1948
Primary inscriptions
"POWELL & LEALAND. 170 Euston Road LONDON. 1882" on the body tube arm
Other inscriptions
Powell & Lealand No 120 PATENT on the binocular prism
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Weight: 13kg
Inventory No
15862
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

A Powell & Lealand compound microscope stored in a case with accessories which are stored in two boxes within the case.