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Box of Microscope Slides, Various Makers, English and French, Mid to Late 19th Century

Inventory Number 97785


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.97785

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Professor Geoffrey Best, belonged to the donor's father.
Primary inscriptions
See below.
Object type
Box
Dimensions
Height: 265mm Width: 165mm Depth: 45mm
Inventory No
97785
Accession Number
1994-32

Description

Brown hinged wooden box with three columns of slides held vertically. Modern printed label states, 'Geoffrey and Marigold Best, 19 Buckingham Street, Oxford OX1 4LH, Tel. 0865-722793.' Each row has space for 24 glass slides.