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Compound Drum Microscope Stand with Accessories and Case, English, c. 1840

Inventory Number 35589


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.35589

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Purchased from R Hammon, Grove View, Coombe, Oxford (? £2.10.0d.)
Primary inscriptions
None.
Object type
Microscope Case
Inventory No
35589
Accession Number
1970-26

Description

Compound drum microscope stand. Case contains 3 bone sliders.

Compound drum microscope stand, with case and accessories. Accessories include six objectives, three eyepieces, three discs, one small lens, one inscribes lens and four ivory sliders. Mahogany fitted case.