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Oil Immersion Condenser, by Powell & Lealand, English, c. 1880

Inventory Number 63074


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.63074

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by John Edmund Ingpen, 1917 Deposited by the Royal Microscopical Society with their collection.
Primary inscriptions
"POWELL & LEALAND. Oil Immersion"
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Object type
Microscope accessory
Dimensions
Diameter: 45mm Height: 73mm Weight: 72g
Inventory No
63074
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

A chromatic oil immersion condenser to fit a microscope. A lever extends from above the condenser lens to control an aperture disc.