Culpeper microscope with rack focusing and boxfoot

Culpeper microscope with rack focusing and boxfoot, English, early 19th century

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56288
Materials:
lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, stage, brass, legs, brass, base, mahogany and base, oak, base to drawer
Measurements:
overall: height 395 mm
body tube: length 214 mm
body tube: diameter 58 mm
legs: height 157 mm
stage, from table: height 150 mm
stage: diameter 94 mm
base: length 148 mm
base: width 147 mm
base: height 56 mm
type:
culpeper microscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)