Compound microscope

Made:: 1735-1745 in London

maker:: James Mann

Compound microscope, Culpeper type, by James Mann, London, c.1740, fitted with multiple rotating specimen stage, with wooden box, drawer in base containing accessories, including fish plate, five object lenses (one fitted to microscope), (porcupine?) spine.

Details

Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1985-2214/6

type:: compound microscopes

credit:: National Maritime Museum

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