Viewer, with lens set in body tube having inner glass tube and two plane discs holding ants eggs

Viewer

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Viewer, with lens set in body tube having inner glass tube and two plane discs holding ants eggs, with collar to hold discs and fix viewer in cannister, English, mid 19th century

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56480
Materials:
lens & tube, glass, specimen discs, glass, body tube, brass, lens mount & collar, brass, cannister, brass and specimen, seeds
Measurements:
viewer: height 43 mm
cannister: height 39 mm
viewer: diameter 30 mm
cannister: diameter 28 mm
type:
viewer microscopes