Accession No

3621

Brief Description

description and use of a compound microscope, 19th century

Origin

England

Maker

Class

microscopes; ephemera

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

breadth 282mm; height 220mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘DESCRIPTION OF AN
IMPROVED COMPOUND
MICROSCOPE.’ (title of text)

Description Notes

Printed instruction sheet; black and white; two pages; left hand page has an illustration of the compound microscope, with its lenses and fittings, at 2/3 size; right hand page gives a description and instructions for its use.

Condition fair (discoloured; folded; one tear); complete.

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