Cuff microscope with drawer in base
- Made:
- 1720-1750 in Fleet Street
- maker:
- John Cuff and Benjamin Cole
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
License this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseCuff microscope with drawer in base, signed by Cole
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Cuff microscope with drawer in base, signed by Cole, 136 Fleet Street, London, mid 18th century, attribution to Benjamin Cole, but it may be father, son or partnership who all signed their work Cole
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A56298
- Materials:
- lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, pillar, brass, stage, brass, base, oak and base, mahogany
- Measurements:
-
overall: height 370 mm
body tube: length 195 mm
body tube: diameter 36 mm
stage: width 109 mm
pillar: height 263 mm
base: length 167 mm
base: width 167 mm
base: height 56 mm
- type:
- cuff microscopes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
