Compound microscope by Edmund Culpeper, c. 1730
Compound microscope by Edmund Culpeper, original model, outer body covered in grey shagreen, inner body of green vellum impressed with designs in gold (with accessories), London, England, c. 1730
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The paper used to make the pasteboard tube for the micoscope was in part sourced from a 1683 edition of 'Plutarch's Lives', published by Jacob Tonson in London. A small part of the text from one of the pages can be seen on the inside of the tube.
- Measurements:
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overall: 340 mm x x , 140 mm, .87kg
- Materials:
- wood , rosewood , metal , copper alloy , iron , bone , ivory , glass , leather and fishskin
- Object Number:
- 1913-274 Pt1
- type:
- microscopes and compound microscopes
