Skip to content
History of Science Museum

Objective in Can, London, possibly by Ross, 1838

Inventory Number 19475


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.19475

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
? Ross
Provenance
Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection. Presented by Lord Lindley, 1899.
Primary inscriptions
"*Andw Ross & Co. Opticians 33 Regent St. Picadilly" on can (not original)
Object type
Microscope accessory
Inventory No
19475
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Objective, possibly manufactured by Ross. The objective has a long barrel with two focusing screws protruding from each side. The barrel screws into a threaded collar. The objective is stored in a can with a threaded lid. The objective itself screws into the underside of the can's lid. The lid of the can has been tampered with and the focal length engraved on it is no longer visible. This probably shows that it is not the original can for this objective.