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1/50 In. Microscope Objective in Can, by Powell & Lealand, c. 1870

Inventory Number 11185


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11185

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by W. M. Bulloch, Febuary 1937.
Primary inscriptions
Case " 1/50" Objective " Powell & Lealand 1/50 No. 18"
Inventory No
11185

Description

Objective measuring 1/50", manufactured by Powell and Lealand. The objective has a copper alloy housing and conical shaped lower lens. The objective has a correction collar with an engraved scale. The objective is stored in a can which is engraved with the objective's power.