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20-Band Microscope Test Plate and Case, by F.A. Nobert, Barth, Germany, c.1873-81

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Inventory Number: 43841
Object Type:
Persons: Friedrich Adolph Nobert
Date Created: 1873-81
Place Created: England United Kingdom Europe
Accession Number: 1970-101/part
Brief Description: 20-Band microscope test plate mounted in copper alloy frame. English red leather case, lined blue velvet and silk, and engraved "POWELL & LEALAND, LONDON".
Primary Inscriptions: "F.A. Nobert fec Barth, Pommerania"
Provenance: Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society in 1970. From the Eliot Merlin Bequest to the Royal Microscopical Society, 1948.
Collection Group: Royal Microscopical Society Collection
Material(s): Copper alloy
Glass
Leather
Wood
Velvet
Silk
Metal

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