Accession No

0980

Brief Description

microscope slides, stage micrometers; circa 1800

Origin

Maker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

glass; metal (brass); ivory; fishskin (shagreen); wood

Dimensions

case length 96mm; breadth 32mm; thickness 22mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘1000’ (on brass mount)
‘100’ (on brass mount)
‘500’ (on brass mount)

Description Notes

3 glass ruled micrometers marked 100, 500, 1000 in brass mounts; 2 ivory micrometers one with a grid (two grids, one with squares a quarter the size of the other; 31-1-2000), the other a scale. All contained in a slip case covered in black shagreen; one empty place (for ‘50’ micrometer).
(W & S Jones form of Coventry’s design -D.J.B.)

Condition: good; incomplete (one micrometer missing).

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