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Cuff Type Compound Microscope, Attributed to Jacob Huysen, Dutch, Third Quarter 18th Century

Inventory Number 38583


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38583

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay Clay catalogue states "unsigned but by Jacob Huyson of Husen b.1739 at Stralen"
Physical material
Brass
Wood
Object type
Microscope Drawer
Dimensions
Height: 295mm Width: 130mm
Inventory No
38583
Accession Number
1944-1/213

Description

Cuff-type compound microscope. Case contains 4 bone sliders.