- Subject
- Microscopy
- Item type
- Object
- Primary inscriptions
- Fissidens Bloxami / Wilson Mr / Orton Wood & / 1845. Race Course Gopsall
- Object type
- Microscope
- Dimensions
- Height: 380mm Width: 160mm Depth: 160mm
- Inventory No
- 37069
Description
Copper alloy Culpeper-type microscope supported by two sets of copper alloy scroll legs with a bull's-eye lens fitted into the stage, the microscope is mounted on a mahogany platform with a drawer in the base. Inside the drawer are accessories comprising an ivory talc box, five objectives, a cone condenser, a fishplate, forceps, a paintbrush, an eyepiece lens, a Lieberkühn carrier, a Lieberkühn in a can. two live boxes, a specimen chamber, and a moss specimen wrapped in paper. The microscope and its accessories are stored in a mahogany pyramid box which has a drawer in the base containing six ivory sliders and five glass discs wrapped in paper.
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