Compound microscope
- Made:
- 1680
- maker:
- John Marshall
Compound microscope, 3 pillar form, by Marshall, but unsigned, date about 1680, outer and inner bodies covered with green vellum, gold stamped with 1 object glass (lens) and eyepiece, wooden cap missing
Details
- Category:
- Microscopes
- Object Number:
- 1928-771
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), rosewood, brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, leather, paper (fibre product) and cardboard
- Measurements:
-
overall: 300 mm x x , 65 mm, .2kg
- type:
- microscope
- credit:
- Court, Thomas Henry