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Portable Compound Microscope with Accessories and Case, by Powell & Lealand, London, 1893

Inventory Number 53982


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53982

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Bequeathed to the Society by Eliot Merlin in 1948.
Primary inscriptions
"Powell & Lealand, 170 Euston Road, LONDON. 1893"
Other inscriptions
"POWELL AND LEALAND" on the condenser
Physical material
Brass
Wood
Object type
Microscope
Dimensions
Height: 400mm Width: 150mm
Inventory No
53982
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

A portable compound microscope with binocular and monocular body tubes, with accessories and a fitted mahogany case.