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Magnifying Lens Belonging to H. E. Stapleton

Inventory Number 51514


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.51514

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Stapleton Archive.
Physical material
Silver
Glass
Dimensions
Diameter: 50mm Height: 105mm Depth: 8mm Weight: 22g
Inventory No
51514

Description

Magnifying lens with an embossed silver frame and a teardrop shaped holder attached with a pin.  There is a handwritten note accompanying the lens, which details that it was found in the 2nd volume of the Asafiyah Library catalogue of alchemical manuscripts in the Stapleton Archive.