Cuff-type compound microscope with boxfoot
- maker:
- Dollond family and John Cuff
Cuff-type compound microscope with boxfoot, signed by Dollond, London, mid 18th century
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A181426
- Materials:
- lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, focusing screw, brass, pillar & stage, brass, base, pine, base, mahogany, veneer and base, oak, bases to drawer and box
- Measurements:
-
height mm
body tube: length 165 mm
body tube: diameter 39 mm
pillar: height 265 mm
stage: width 115 mm
base: length 155 mm
base: width 153 mm
base: height 58 mm
- type:
- cuff microscopes
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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