- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Cornelius Varley
- Provenance
- From the Cornelius Varley Collection. Clay Accessories 1952 no. 2
- Primary inscriptions
- "MICROMETER" and a monogram "IC [or CI]" or "IG [GI]" printed on the decorative front, with "10,000 x" written in ink in a blank circle. On the reverse is written "One hundred million squares | in the square inch" and (in a diferent hand) "C. Varley Collection"
- Other inscriptions
- A sketch on the accompanying (later) envelope indicates that the squares are ruled with two sets of orthogonal parallel lines running from the vertices of the diamond-shaped glass centre.
- Dimensions
- Height: 1mm Width: 78mm Depth: 25mm Weight: 2g
- Inventory No
- 14560
Description
Cardboard slide measuring 3" x 1" with glass centre. Embellished with pink paper and gold decoration.
