Accession No
0726
Brief Description
simple microscope, botanical, circa 1800
Origin
Maker
Class
microscopes
Earliest Date
1800
Latest Date
1800
Inscription Date
Material
metal (brass); ivory; paper (card)
Dimensions
case 55 x 25 x 15 mm; l 64 mm; w 48 mm
Special Collection
Robert Whipple collection
Provenance
Purchased from the executors of C.H. Cribb, Holborn, England.
Inscription
Description Notes
Brass with ivory handle; lens holder and handle fold parallel to shaft with screw clamp and hinged point for specimens; cardboard slip case.
References
Events
Description
During the eighteenth century numerous microscope designs were proposed and marketed, reflecting the various uses to which the instrument was put. These ranged from large ornamental microscopes to hand-held field lenses.
One trend that influenced the development of the microscope was ‘natural history’, the contemporary term for systematic enquiry into nature. As more and more educated ladies and gentlemen took up studying the natural world, portable field microscopes were developed to aid their researches.
01/03/2001
Created by: Corrina Bower.
on 01/03/2001
FM:39890
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