Portable microscope
- Made:
- 1860-1870 in Manchester
- maker:
- John Benjamin Dancer
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Portable microscope, in case by J.B. Dancer, Manchester, English, mid 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A168239
- Materials:
- body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, stage, brass, limb, brass, base, brass, stage clips, steel, blued, lenses, glass, box, mahogany, box, velvet, blue, lining lid and base and box and divider
- Measurements:
-
overall: height 305 mm
body tube, minimum: length 135 mm
body tube, maximum: length 187 mm
body tube: diameter 24 mm
top of body tube support from pivot: height 90 mm
pivot point from table: height 92 mm
substage limb: length 56 mm
box: length 148 mm
box: width 65 mm
box: height 70 mm
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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