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History of Science Museum

Condenser Lens for a Microscope

Inventory Number 38678


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.38678

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
"R. T. Gunther" scratched into the underside of the base
Physical material
copper alloy
Glass
Dimensions
Height: 189mm Width: 189mm Depth: 68mm Weight: 440g
Inventory No
38678

Description

Condenser Lens for a Microscope. The lens is Plano-convex and mounted in a lacquered copper alloy setting on one end of a copper alloy arm with a mill-edged knob at the other end. The arm is held in a copper alloy sleeve set on a ball socket joint at the top of a cylindrical copper alloy pillar. The circular copper alloy base is weighted with lead.