
Portable microscope, 1891-1910

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
- Object Number:
- A55232
- Materials:
- body tube, brass (silvered), eyepiece tube, brass (silvered), stage, brass, limb, brass, legs, brass and box, leather, brown, chamois lined
- 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
- credit:
- W Watson and Sons Limited