Accession No

3190

Brief Description

frog plate, lieberkuhn type; 1/2 18th century

Origin

Maker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1750

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel)

Dimensions

length 200mm; breadth 130mm; height 15mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass shaped and waisted plate with two oval holes in the centre and 5 circular holes (circle with a notch, 10-1-2000) at each edge; 5 clamps - 2 at one end and 3 at the other end hold steel hooks for securing the specimen.

Condition: fair.

References

Henry Schmidt; 'Seeing life through the microscope: Adams' and Lieberkühn's frog-plates'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/frogs/frog-plates/seeing-life-through-microscope

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