Boxfoot Culpeper microscope with black shagreen body tube support

Boxfoot Culpeper microscope with black shagreen body tube

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Boxfoot Culpeper microscope with black shagreen body tube
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Boxfoot Culpeper microscope with black shagreen body tube support, in case, English, 1731-1750

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23925
Materials:
lenses, glass, body tube, pasteboard, body tube, vellum, green, body tube, lignum vitae, body tube, brass, eye cup, body tube support, pasteboard, body tube support, shagreen, black, legs, brass, stage, brass, base, oak, base, pine and base, mahogany, drawer
Measurements:
overall: height 435 mm
body tube: length 255 mm
body tube: diameter 63 mm
legs: height 165 mm
base: length 167 mm
base: width 171 mm
base: height 61 mm
stage: diameter 91 mm
type:
culpeper microscopes
credit:
Hampton's