Microscope compendium with solar microscope

Made:: 1751-1780 in London

maker:: Benjamin Martin

Microscope compendium with solar microscope
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Microscope compendium with solar microscope, and space for compound monocular microscope, by Benjamin Martin, 1750-1780

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A60975

Materials:: lens, glass, cylinder, brass, screen, brass, plate, brass, mirror carrying, box, pine, box, velvet, green, lined and box, fish skin, black, covered

Measurements:: overall: length 280 mm
cylinder: length 91 mm
cylinder: diameter 39 mm
screen: length 116 mm
mirror: length 195 mm
mirror: width 53 mm
box: length 309 mm
box: width 265 mm
box: height 65 mm

type:: compendium microscopes

credit:: Nachet and Son

Cite this page

Rights

We encourage the use and reuse of our collection data.

Data in the title, made, maker and details fields are released under Creative Commons Zero . Descriptions and all other text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence

Using our data

Download

Download catalogue entry as json

Download manifest IIIF

Our records are constantly being enhanced and improved, but please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information shown on this website.