- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by Ernest Keevil, March 1922. Designed by G TBrown (1827-1906), later Sir George, Prof. of Physiology, Royal Veterinary College, London, for Sir Frank Crisp FRMS.
- Primary inscriptions
- "SWIFT & SON LONDON. W.C." Cans and objectives also signed.
- Dimensions
- Height: 85mm Width: 103mm Depth: 67mm Weight: 342g
- Inventory No
- 53617
- Accession Number
- 1970-101/part
Description
This "small pocket microscope" (only 3" in length when closed) was to be carried in the breast pocket, in a mahogany box. Includes Nicol prism, polarizer and analyser; three eyepieces, 4 objectives with caps, a white ivory disc and a mirror in a U-shaped frame.
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