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Pair of Medical Directors, Associated with Michael Faraday, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 60893

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.60893

Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Provenance
Alleged to have been used by Michael Faraday
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated
Physical material
Copper Alloy
Dimensions
Diameter: 32mm Height: 322mm Weight: 500g
Inventory No
60893

Description

Glass handled directors, one curved. Each director has a long glass handle that widens towards the lower end and has cone-shaped tip. Each director has a copper alloy shaft with an inverted dome-shaped detector.

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