Culpeper microscope with sliding focus and boxfoot

Culpeper microscope with sliding focus and boxfoot, English

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Culpeper microscope with sliding focus and boxfoot, English
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Culpeper microscope with sliding focus and boxfoot, English, early 19th century

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A115831
Materials:
lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, legs, brass, stage, brass and base, mahogany
Measurements:
overall: height 395 mm
body tube: length 223 mm
body tube: diameter 46 mm
legs: height 1638 mm
stage, from table: height 150 mm
stage: diameter 102 mm
base: length 143 mm
base: height 143 mm
base: width 46 mm
type:
culpeper microscopes
credit:
Baur, H.