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Simple Viewer in Case, English, second or third quarter 19th Century

Inventory Number 45253


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45253

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not known.
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Glass
Beetle
Dimensions
Diameter: 55mm Height: 100mm Weight: 165g
Inventory No
45253

Description

Two low-power lenses set in a copper alloy collar on a glass cylinder fits onto a second copper alloy cylinder with a plane glass bottom. An Iron rod runs across the lower cylinder carrying a large beetle. The rod can be rotated by a small copper alloy knob. The arrangement fits into a cylindrical wooden case covered with red leather.