- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- John Mayall
- Provenance
- Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay Replica Campani of 1668; original identified by Mayall
- Object type
- Microscope
- Dimensions
- Height: 290mm Width: 101mm Depth: 90mm Weight: 180g
- Inventory No
- 51064
- Accession Number
- 1944-1/89
Description
Replica of a microscope by Eustachio Divini. It consists of three pasteboard tubes that push into each other. The lowest innermost tube is held by a metal collar on three legs attached to a triangular wooden base. The objective, in a metal setting fits in the end of this tube.
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