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Box of Microscope Accessories

Inventory Number 39361


Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Object type
Microscope Case
Inventory No
39361

Description

Box of microscope accessories. Contains 20 sliders (16 wood, 4 bone).

Wooden felt lined box for microscope accessories containing two stages one for opaque specimens and the other for transparent, with stage accessories comprising a sub stage mirror, a large bull's eye condenser, a small condenser, seven objectives, an objective holder, stage forceps, a fishplate, a condenser in a body tube and two body tubes. Also contained in the box case is a large body tube, copper alloy tweezers, three aperture caps, a glass phial and twenty-three sliders of wood and ivory.