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Three Objectives in Cans, by Winspear, English, 1870

Inventory Number 74131


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.74131

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection.
Primary inscriptions
"J.E. WINSPEAR OPTICIAN, HULL"
Object type
Microscope accessory
Dimensions
Diameter: 27mm
Inventory No
74131
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Three objectives, by J.E. Winspear. The objectives are of different powers, ranging from 1/4", 1" and 2". Each is stored in a can with a push-on lid, engraved with the objective's manufacturer and power.

The objectives strongly resemble German manufacture and may be the work of E.Gundlach, Berlin for whom Winspear was an agent.