Screwbarrel Microscope, by George Sterrop, English, c. 1740 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 81020 | ||||||||||
| Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
| Persons: | George Sterrop | ||||||||||
| Date Created: | c. 1740 | ||||||||||
| Place Created: | England United Kingdom Europe |
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| Subject Classification(s): | Microscopy | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 1970-101/part | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | A condensing lens is set at the end of a threaded copper alloy brass cylinder that screws into the barrel. The stage consists of three disks, one of which is shaped to take a glass phial, and a Steel spring that presses it against the threaded cylinder. The objective screws into the end of the barrel. There are two objective lenses with caps, a wet cell and seven Bone sliders. The box is covered in black fish skin and lined with green velvet. A piece of paper in the box gives presentation details and a label with the RMS number is present. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | 'Geo. Sterrop Fecit' (mostly rubbed out) on tube | ||||||||||
| Provenance: | Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society. Presented to the Society by M. Heron-Allen, 17th February 1909. | ||||||||||
| Collection Group: | Royal Microscopical Society Collection | ||||||||||
| Material(s): |
Fish Skin Wood Paint Velvet Copper Alloy Glass Paper Bone Metal | ||||||||||
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