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Microscope Sliders with Opaque Specimens, English, Early 19th Century

Inventory Number 29929


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.29929

Subject
Microscopy
Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Physical material
Mahogany
Object type
Microscope slide
Dimensions
Height: 153mm Width: 19mm
Inventory No
29929

Description

Set of twelve wood sliders made of black-stained mahogany. Each slider has places for four opaque specimens mounted on paper. Sliders numbered consecutively 1-12. Slides 11 and 12 contain no specimens.