Withering botanic microscopes (after Mark I) in fish skin covered case with no lid

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England
Withering botanic microscopes (after Mark I) in fish skin

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Withering botanic microscopes (after Mark I) in fish skin
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Withering botanic microscopes (after Mark I) in fish skin covered case with no lid, two objectives, tweezers, blackened stage plate, English, early 19th century

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A51768
Materials:
lenses, glass, lens mountings, brass, lens support, brass, stage plate, brass, tweezers & base, brass, pillars, steel, box, pasteboard and box, fish skin, black, covered
Measurements:
overall: height 64 mm
base: diameter 36 mm
box: height 58 mm
box, top: diameter 47 mm
type:
withering botanic microscopes
credit:
Knight, Frank and Rutley