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Microscope, compound / box

Description

'Cary type' compound microscope, in a fitted box, made in the first half of the nineteenth century and signed by Dollond of London

Museum reference

T.1967.163

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Microscope, compound / box

Production information

Dollond and Co., 1750 - 1927
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

First half 19th century

Materials

Brass

Physical description

Brass

Associations

Eponym: Cary
Hutchison Collection

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