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Microscopy (Wellcome)
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Optics
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Collection
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
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Maker
Andrew Ross
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Francis West
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West, Francis; Ross, Andrew
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Object type
optical drawing aid - camera lucida
2
botanic microscopes
1
botanical microscope - withering
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dellebarre compound monocular microscopes
1
gould microscopes
1
hand lenses
1
simple microscopes
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Place
London
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Material
box, leather, red, covered
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box, pasteboard
3
body tube, brass
2
lens mounting, brass
2
lenses, glass
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prism & lenses, glass
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stage, brass
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base, brass
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body tube, silver (gilt)
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box, mahogany
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Dellebarre type microscope
1790-1800
Gould microscope (unsigned) in red leather case
Botanic microscope ("flower") in red leather case
1820-1850
Wollaston type camera lucida with Ross lenses
1851-1900
Folding hand microscope in pasteboard case covered with red leather
1801-1830
Lens in ivory mounting
1830-1870
Withering botanic microscope in red leather-covered case
Camera lucida, Wollaston style, with red leather case
1840-1860