Culpeper microscope with body tube support lined by some Dutch paper

Made:: 1731-1770

Culpeper microscope with body tube support lined by some Dutch
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Culpeper microscope with body tube support lined by some Dutch paper, made in England or Holland, mid 18th century

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Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A604159

Materials:: body tube, lignum vitae, body tube, vellum, green, covered and body tube, brass, nose

Measurements:: overall: height 377 mm
body tube: diameter 59 mm

type:: culpeper microscopes

credit:: Pinner

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Culpeper microscope with body tube support lined by some Dutch paper

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