- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by the Royal Microscopical Society
- Primary inscriptions
- Heading in MS: 'Photomicrographs chiefly of Diatoms taken with the Special Zeiss Apparatus for Ultra-violet Light designed by Dr. August Kohler. Monochromatic Objectives &c. computed by Dr. M. v. Rohr One of the first series taken by Dr. Aug. Kohler Given to Mr. Julius Rheinberg on his visit to Jena November 1905'. Captions beneath images (one missing).
- Object type
- Photograph
- Dimensions
- Height: 510mm Width: 560mm
- Inventory No
- 11865
Description
Twelve ?gelatine print photomicrographs taken in ultra-violet light, mounted in a two-ply, cut-away card mount, and captioned and inscribed in manuscript. The mount is of highly acidic card and is very badly decayed; part of the fixing is sellotape. The photographs are very early examples of ultra-violet photomicrography.
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