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Screw-barrel Microscope, by James Wilson, London, c. 1710

Inventory Number 41541


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41541

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. Presented to the RMS by C L Curties FRMS, 21 June 1905.
Primary inscriptions
"J" and "W" on brass arm of offset lens
Physical material
Ivory
Brass
Object type
Microscope Case
Dimensions
Height: 184mm Width: 60mm Depth: 41mm
Inventory No
41541
Accession Number
1970-101/part

Description

Screw-barrel microscope by Wilson. Microscope comes in black hide-covered wooden case lined with green fabric. Inside case is a small black hide-covered board box containing nine ivory sliders with 2-3 windows each and one brass slider with three windows.