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Eyepiece with micrometer for microscope

Inventory Number 18593.8


Brief Description
Eyepiece with micrometer
Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased in 1993 by Sir Jack Edward Baldwin (1938-2020) Waynflete Professor of Chemistry and Head of Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Oxford until he retired in 2005. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1978 and knighted for his contributions to the field of organic chemistry in 1997.
Physical material
Brass
felt
Glass
Object type
microscope
Dimensions
Diameter: 4cm Height: 6.5cm Width: 8cm Weight: 0.1kg
Inventory No
18593.8
Accession Number
2022-81

Description

Eyepiece with micrometer. Micrometer consists of an unmarked bar with square window in the centre and small screw on the end. The eyepiece comes into two parts. There is green felt around the bottom. Stored in the large drawer in the back left corner