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Base and Body of Compound Student Microscope, After 1840

Inventory Number 38957


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
"TRADE / THE LIVER / MAKER "
Dimensions
Height: 265mm Width: 152mm Depth: 165mm Weight: 2221g
Inventory No
38957
Accession Number
1944-1/part

Description

The brass body tube carries an eyepiece consisting of two plano-concave lenses. The body tube is held in place by a brass sleeve fastened to a brass limb mounted on a pillar rising from the Ross-type tripod.