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Toy Compound Microscope, French, c. 1875-1900

Inventory Number 86143


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.86143

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection. Bequest by Raymond Sydney Harper, May 1964
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Dimensions
Height: 188mm Width: 59mm Depth: 78mm Weight: 388g
Inventory No
86143
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

A circular lead-filled base supports a pillar onto which the body tube attaches by rack work. The objective is made from three button lenses. There is a condenser on a ball-jointed arm above the small stage and a plane mirror below.