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Solar microscope with circular shutter plate and rack barrel

Made:: 1830-1870

SMG00107649

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Solar microscope with circular shutter plate and rack barrel, unsigned but probably English, circa 1850

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Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A56814

Materials:: rack barrel, brass, cylinder, brass, screen, brass, carrying plate, brass and lens, glass

type:: solar microscopes

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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