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Compound Microscope, by Carl Zeiss, Jena, c. 1850-75

Inventory Number 53911


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53911

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mrs Lois Godfrey in 1967. Among items taken by the Museum from the private laboratory of her grandfather J. S. Haldane, prior to the demolition of his house (the site of Wolfson College, Oxford).
Primary inscriptions
"4023 C. Zeiss. Jena" (on foot)
Physical material
copper alloy
Glass
Wood
Iron
Dimensions
Height: 10mm Width: 290mm Depth: 120mm Weight: 2031g
Inventory No
53911
Accession Number
1967-66A

Description

Copper alloy body tube with heavy U-shaped foot stored in a fitted wooden case.