Accession No

1098

Brief Description

microscope slide, cover glass micrometer, by John Browning, English

Origin

England; London

Maker

Browning, John

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass

Dimensions

length 76mm; micrometer height 78mm; breadth 69mm; depth 69mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from the estate of T.H. Court, 1951.

Inscription

‘John Browning
London
5000ths Inch’

Description Notes

Brass; square plate with clamp below for glass plate with brass clamping screw; plate divided (0)-100 by 10 to 1 where 1 = 1/5000th inch. Index on base of shaft attached to the screw; shaft split with toothed steel plates locking into each other.

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