Model of Hooke's microscope as shown in 1665 edition of Micrographia

Made:: 1901-1917 in London

Model of Hooke's microscope as shown in 1665 edition of
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Model of Hooke's microscope as shown in 1665 edition of Micrographia, made by W.G. Turner, English, circa 1915

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Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A601160

Materials:: base, pine, pillar, brass, stage, brass and body tube support, brass

Measurements:: overall: height 295 mm
base: diameter 144 mm

type:: replica of hooke's microscope

credit:: Turner, W.G.

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Model of Hooke's microscope as shown in 1665 edition of Micrographia

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