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Compound Microscope with Accessories, by John Marshall, English, c. 1700

Inventory Number 46463


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46463

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, in 1990. Initially deposited on loan in 1966. From the Gabb Collection.
Physical medium
Gold leaf
Pigment
Physical technique
Gold tooling
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Weight: 3.5kg
Inventory No
46463
Accession Number
1990-14

Description

Compound microscope with accessories, by John Marshall, English, c. 1700.