Unsigned Culpeper microscope

Made:: 1731-1770

Unsigned Culpeper microscope
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Unsigned Culpeper microscope, with black shagreen body tube support and pyramidal case, English, mid 18th century

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Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A645021

Materials:: body tube, vellum, green, body tube, shagreen, black and body tube, wood

Measurements:: overall: height 335 mm
body tube: diameter 65 mm

type:: culpeper microscopes

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Unsigned Culpeper microscope

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