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Various Aperture Discs, Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 70899


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.70899

Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection. Part of item 14 in typescript list.
Physical material
copper alloy
paint
Dimensions
Diameter: 25mm Height: 1mm Weight: 16g
Inventory No
70899
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

Ten various types of copper alloy aperture discs. Four of the disc are circular with a circular bar around the outside these are numbered 1-4 with increasing size of central circle. Three of the discs are numbered 5-7 and have rectangular inlets cut out of them, one inlet for no.5, two for no.6 and three for no.7. Two of the remaining discs have a central circle cut out of them one large one small. The final disc has a spoke like aperture. Stored in black Japanned tin box. Microscope Accessory.