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Compound, Simple & Solar Microscope, by Francis Watkins, London, 1754

Inventory Number 53619


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53619

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society. Presented to the RMS by Sir David Salomons, Bart, 1919 (see note with instrument). .
Primary inscriptions
"Fra Watkins London" (on limb); "Fra Watkins Charing Cross London" (on solar plate). Silver parts stamped with London Assay Office marks and year letter for 1754; maker's mark: "R.R.".
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Height: 410mm
Inventory No
53619
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Compound, simple & solar microscope with case and Lieberkühn.