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Telescope like optical device 19th century

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-1900

Part of projecting microscope, possibly a lucernal

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-1830

Oberhaeuser style camera lucida in case by C. Veri

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1860-1880

Solar microscope with screwbarrel objective, signe

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1760-1780

Abbe type camera lucida in case, German, late 19th

Microscopy (Wellcome)

Simple viewer, cased, English, 1800-1850

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-1850

Compound monocular microscope, English, mid 19th c

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1831-1870

4 wooden holders containing different thicknesses

Surgery

1901-1950

Refracting telescope made in 1925 by Carl Zeiss, Jena, 60mm aperture, Asalvenlo model no. 9, serial no. 10426, objective lens no. 12665, in a fitted pine case with associated documentation plus separate tripod.

Refracting telescope made in 1925 by Carl Zeiss, J

Astronomy

1925

Five inch Photo-visual refracting telescope by T. Cooke & Sons Limited on equatorial mount with slow motions but no pedestal or clock drive, early twentienth century.

Five inch Photo-visual refracting telescope by T.

Astronomy

1897-1921

2 hydrometers in case, early C20, German, Twaddell scale

2 hydrometers in case, early C20, German, Twaddell

Laboratory Medicine

1880-1935

Glass discharge tube

Glass discharge tubes

Radiomedicine

Screen for photomicrography, English, late 19th century

Screen for photomicrography, English, late 19th ce

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1880-1910

Air pump, plunger an body only, metal, European, late 19th century

Air pump, plunger an body only, metal, European, l

Anatomy & Pathology

1871-1900

Glass globe with brass tap and cap containing brass tube

Glass globe with brass tap and cap

King George III

1816-1856

Glass discharge tube

Radiomedicine

GLass discharge tube

Glass discharge tubes

Radiomedicine

6KW "Metalix" x-ray tube with heatsink for ai- cooling, by Philips Metalix Corporation, New York, USA, on wheeled stand (no maker marked)

"Metalix" x-ray tube

Radiomedicine

1925-1935

Glass discharge tube

Radiomedicine

Cotton fibre wick with long piece of cord attached to end, also attached is a brass tube, English, 1800-1880

Cotton fibre wick with long piece of cord attached

Smoking

1800-1880