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Wooden lidded box containing various minerals and lenses

Inventory Number 15100


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.15100

Item type
Object
Dimensions
Height: 15mm Width: 31mm Depth: 30mm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No
15100
Accession Number
1966-123

Description

Lidded wooden box containing miscellaneous optical and microscopic items. The box contains: a pink lidded card box with an inscription on lid, this in turn contains a clear mineral; 2 lens, one in tall cork cylinder and the other in short cork cylinder. There is a cylindrical lidded wooden box, which contains a mineral. There are 2 lenses in brass mounts with 'QUARTZ LEFT' inscribed on one and 'QUARTZ RIGHT' inscribed on the other. A clear mineral, trapezoid in shape and a clear mineral octagon.