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LicensePortable microscope, 1891-1910
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Portable microscope in leather carrying case, by Charles Baker, London, c.1900, to a design suggested by (Sir) Ronald Ross for the diagnosis of malaria in India.
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Materials:
- body tube, brass (silvered), box, leather, brown, chamois lined, eyepiece tube, brass (silvered), legs, brass, limb, brass and stage, brass
- Measurements:
-
case: 148 mm x 267 mm x 95 mm, 1.02 kg
microscope: 270 mm x 158 mm x 158 mm, .84 kg
lense 3: 38 mm 24 mm, .02 kg
Empty glass jar: 43 mm 8 mm, .02 kg
Liquid filled glass jar: 65 mm 8 mm, .02 kg
lense 1: 48 mm 25 mm, .02 kg
- Identifier:
- A55232
- type:
- monocular microscopes
- credit:
- W Watson and Sons Limited
