Society of Arts Prize model microscope, approximately 1860
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- Artifact-box 49, Item hseman0001
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Includes a drawer and accessories. [Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood, London?] This all-brass instrument with a claw-footed base is mounted on a wooden stand which was made to slide into its case. Before storage the body-tube would have to have been detached. One of the accessories is a bull's eye condenser lens attached to an adjustable arm which was intended to be inserted through a pillar, allowing it to stand independently of the microscope.
The original version of this educational microscope was made in 1854 by G. Field of Birmingham.
- Acquisition information:
- Received from: Dr. James H. Semans
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