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Simple Microscope, English, first half 19th Century

Inventory Number 39715


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39715

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by D.P.N. Odgen, 1935.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Dimensions
Height: 24mm Width: 30mm Depth: 77mm Weight: 55g
Inventory No
39715

Description

A red leather case with a copper alloy hinged lid and two clasps. It is lined with beige felt. The simple folding microscope has an Ivory handle, a copper alloy arm support for the cylindrical specimen holder in the middle and a copper alloy arm at the top for the objective. There is also a thin copper alloy rod in the case.