Microscope objective

Description

High-powered objective lens for simple microscopes, group of six, contained in fishskin-covered instrument case, unsigned, c. 1825

Museum reference

T.1981.36

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Microscope objective

Date

c. 1825

Materials

Glass, Brass, Fish skin

Physical description

Brass mounts / fishskin-covered case

Associations

Arthur Frank Collection of Scottish Scientific Instruments

References

T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low and A.D.C. Simpson (1989): "Brass and Glass