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Compound Microscope with Accessories and Case, by J. Swift, London, 1867

Inventory Number 34952


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.34952

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Makers
J Swift
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Purchased by the RMS in December 1867.
Primary inscriptions
"J SWITH 15 KINGSLAND Rd. NE Optician" (within an oval strap and buckle).
Physical material
.1) Copper alloy
glass
Object type
Microscope
Inventory No
34952
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Compound microscope with two eyepieces, two eyecups, stage plate, rotating disk with apertures and case.