Accession No

6869

Brief Description

optical instrument, microscope tele-, by Sunbeam Light Company, English, late 19th to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Gateshead

Maker

Sunbeam Light Company

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1887

Latest Date

1912

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

length 506mm; diameter 39mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection?

Provenance

Recorded in the 1894 Cavendish Laboratory alphabetical catalogue of instruments on p.129.

Inscription

Description Notes

Black-painted brass tube with screw-fit objective and eyepiece; also one internal lens close to eyepiece; cross hairs.

1894 Cavendish Laboratory alphabetical catalogue of instruments describes it as "microscope tele - about 21 inches long length about 6 inches mag: about 50. From the Sunbeam Lamp Co."

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