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Screwbarrel Microscope in Case, by Edmund Culpeper, London, c., 1700-25

Inventory Number 55061


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.55061

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970
Inventory No
55061
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Common copper alloy screwbarrel microscope with ivory handle, opaque specimen holder, forceps, objective holder, six brass-mounted objectives, two ivory sliders, and two copper alloy washers. The box is covered with black fishskin and lined with green velvet.