Accessories for Culpeper microscope

Accessories for Culpeper microscope

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Accessories for Culpeper microscope, comprising 1 hand forceps, 1 concave lens, 1 ivory case of cover slips, 4 ivory object slides, 1 glass fishplate, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Details

Category:
Microscopes
Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2
Materials:
ivory
type:
accessories
credit:
Court, Thomas Henry

Parts

Hand forceps

Hand forceps

Hand forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/1
type:
microscope
Concave lens

Concave lens

Concave lens, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/2
type:
microscope
Ivory case containing cover slips

Ivory case containing cover slips

Ivory case containing cover slips, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/3
type:
microscope
Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide, 1st of 4, inscribed with ‘1’ at one end, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/4
type:
object slide
Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide, 2nd of 4, inscribed with ‘2’ at one end, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/5
type:
object slide
Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide, 3rd of 4, inscribed with ‘3’ at one end, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/6
type:
microscope
Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide

Ivory object slide, 4th of 4, inscribed with ‘4’ at one end, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/7
type:
microscope
Glass fishplate

Glass fishplate

Glass fishplate, engraved with “The glase is to lay ye Fish on”, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1928-782 Pt2/8
type:
fishplate