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Box Containing Opaque Specimens in Six Sliders, English, 18th Century

Inventory Number 12390


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12390

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Physical material
Mahogany
Wood
Paper
Object type
Microscope slide
Dimensions
Height: 56mm Width: 142mm Depth: 142mm Weight: 218g
Inventory No
12390
Accession Number
1961-138/9

Description

Plain mahogany box with removable lid, containing slots which contain six wooden microscope sliders, painted black and numbered 1 to 6, each one with five opaque specimens.