- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- W. & S. Jones
- Provenance
- Said to have belonged to Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie Snr (1783-1862), Segeant-Surgeon to Queen Victoria
- Primary inscriptions
- "W & S * JONES * HOLBORN * LONDON *" on ebony foot
- Object type
- Microscope Case
- Dimensions
- Height: 35mm Width: 112mm Depth: 85mm Weight: 207g
- Inventory No
- 42001
- Accession Number
- 1930-18
Description
Simple microscope by W & S Jones. Contains 5 Bone sliders. Accessories also include a square copper alloy pillar with clamp and fine screw focus in the Cuff manner, three objective lenses, all on a swing arm, to be used singly or together, a plano-concave mirror, a high powered objective, an ebony base, a key-shaped pin, a threaded objective with a screw cap, and a copper alloy and Steel accessory arm that could connect the high powered objective to the swing arm. All of these items are stored in a fish skin-covered hinged case with copper alloy swing clasps and lined with green velvet. There is a piece of card with gold paper on one side with "Sir Ben Brodie's Pocket Microscope" written on it.
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