Viewer, with objective formed by trimming and cutting a Stanhope lens

Made:: 1850-1880 in France

maker:: Unknown

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Viewer, with objective formed by trimming and cutting a Stanhope lens, and set in a tube with a spring stage, French, late 19th century

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Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A601227

Materials:: lens mounting, brass and pasteboard, brass

Measurements:: overall: height 45 mm

type:: viewer microscope with truncated stanhope lens

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Viewer, with objective formed by trimming and cutting a Stanhope lens

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