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Case for Compound, Simple & Solar Microscope, by Francis Watkins, London, 1754

Inventory Number 53619

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53619

Subject: Microscopy
Item type: Object
Makers: Francis Watkins
Provenance: LENT by the Royal Microscopical Society
Other inscriptions: Label "240"
Physical material: mahogany; felt; copper alloy; silver(?)
Object type: Case
Dimensions: Height: 225mm Width: 193mm Depth: 169mm Weight: 1800g
Inventory No: 53619

Description

Wooden fitted case with figured veneer. Hinged lid with central silver? handle. Inside is lined with green felt.

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