Two Pieces of the Body Tube for Cuff-Type and Solar Microscope, by Dollond, London, 1800-1825

Subject: Microscopy
Item type: Object
Provenance: Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society. Presented by Charles Lees Curties FRMS, 21 November 1906.
Primary inscriptions: "Dollond / London" on stage
Physical material: copper alloy; Glass
Dimensions: Diameter: 45mm Height: 107mm Weight: 140g
Inventory No: 32998
Accession Number: 1970-101/part

Description

Two pieces og the body tube, a copper alloy cylinder with glass lens at one end, the other piece as rackwork to control a shutter.