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Culpeper-Type Compound Microscope with Accessories and Case, by Dollond, London, c. 1830

Inventory Number 14166


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
Dollond
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Presented to the Society by John J Kern, 20 February 1901
Primary inscriptions
"Dollond LONDON"
Inventory No
14166
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Culpeper-Type Compound Microscope with Lieberkühn in can, Lieberkühn carrier, spring stage, bull's-eye lens, fishplate, cone diaphragm, live box, three glass phials, note on envelope and case.

The accessories comprise: a Lieberkühn in a copper alloy box, Lieberkühn carrier, spring stage, three glass stage inserts, stage bull's eye, stage forceps, fish-plate, cone diaphragm, live-box, three glass phials, tweezers six ivory sliders, ivory talc box, seven assorted sliders and a mahogany pyramidal case.