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Slide Specimen Compressor with Sample Slides in Case, by Akehurst?, English, 1934

Inventory Number 35350


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35350

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
Akehurst?
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970 Presented to the Royal Microscopical Society by Sydney Charles Akehurst, October 1934
Primary inscriptions
.1: 'AKEHURST UNIVERSAL COMPRESSOR'
Other inscriptions
.3: Each slide labelled with dimensions.
Object type
Microscope slide
Inventory No
35350
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

A circular compressor with a selection of 20 sample slides, each with a different configuration. There is also a thin copper alloy frame. The compressor and slides are stored in a leather box lined with blue velvet