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Microscope Condenser Lens, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 49559


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.49559

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Physical material
Copper alloy
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 385mm Width: 160mm Depth: 90mm Weight: 963g
Inventory No
49559

Description

The lens is held in a copper alloy setting with knurled edges. A post on the setting pushes into a tube mounted on a sliding sleeve on a vertical post. This arrangement stands on a weighted, circular base, covered in copper alloy.