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Cuff-Type and Solar Microscope, by Dollond, London, 1800-1825 with Accessories and Case

Inventory Number 32998


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.32998

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society. Presented by Charles Lees Curties FRMS, 21 November 1906.
Primary inscriptions
"Dollond / London" on stage
Dimensions
Height: 840mm Width: 210mm Depth: 210mm
Inventory No
32998
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Standard copper alloy Cuff-type microscope with complete accessories (one objective missing); solar microscope lacks mirror and plate; in pyramidal case.