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Compound Binocular Microscope, by Murray & Heath, London, c. 1870

Inventory Number 39347


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.39347

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Primary inscriptions
Signed on the foot "Murray & Heath, London."
Physical material
copper alloy
metal
Glass
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Height: 435mm Width: 163mm
Inventory No
39347
Accession Number
1944-1/327

Description

This binocular microscope has two separate prisms which are "difficult to adjust."