- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 2004. Previously on loan from the RMS to the Science Museum, London. Moved to Museum of the History of Science 26 August 2004.
- Object type
- Drawer Cabinet
- Dimensions
- Height: 1840mm Width: 1260mm Depth: 450mm
- Inventory No
- 62954
Description
Large dark purpose-made wooden cabinet containing the principal part of the Royal Microscopical Society collection of microscope slides. Drawers contain two layers of slides each catalogued separately with four rows of 13-14 for a total of 52-56 slides per shelf, 106 slides per drawer. Drawers arranged in three columns of 32.
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