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Compound Microscope in Case with Accessories, by Charles Baker, London, c. 1875-1900

Inventory Number 45778


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45778

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970 Presented to the Royal Microscopical Society by Miss Hill in 1966
Primary inscriptions
"BAKER, 244, High Holborn, LONDON."
Object type
Microscope Case
Dimensions
Weight: 13.8kg
Inventory No
45778
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Compound microscope by Charles Baker with a triangular base and plano-concave mirror, fitted with a removable stage and a body tube can be fitted onto the top. The case contains two eyepieces, two objectives in cans, five glass slides, twenty-eight sheets of glass, card box of selenite squares and folded paper for selenite.