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Microscope Accessories in Case, by Powell & Lealand, London, c. 1849

Inventory Number 45514


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45514

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from Dr. Reginald S. Clay with his collection.
Dimensions
Height: 170mm Width: 265mm Depth: 86mm Weight: 2.75kg
Inventory No
45514
Accession Number
1944-1/289

Description

Fitted mahogany box of accessories for large Powell and Lealand microscope. The box contains four objectives and a Lieberkühn in cans, two eyepieces, a camera lucida in a can, three dark wells, condenser, a Wenham's parabolic reflector, a copper alloy collar, an eyepiece micrometer and a prism on a collar. The box has blue velvet on the instrument supports and inside the lid.