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Set of High Power Microscope Objectives with Case, Late 18th Century

Inventory Number 62771

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.62771

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection. Item 30 in typescript list.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Brass and glass
Dimensions
Weight: 59g
Inventory No
62771
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Set of High Power Microscope Objectives with Case, Late 18th Century. Three of five lenses (two missing), one that is marked "1" and with a 3mm lens, one that is marked "1 Jn" and with a 2mm lens and one that is marked "14" and with a 1mm lens in a special pentagonal mahogany box.

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