Microscope, simple

Description

Simple microscope by George Lindsay, 1745, tripod pillar missing, no accessories or lenses, inscribed "Geo. Lindsay Invent. & Fec."

Museum reference

T.1951.57

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Microscope, simple

Production information

George Lindsay, Microscope maker and inventor
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1745

Exhibitions

• Microscopes: Nature Revealed (29 Mar 2019 - 15 Sep 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Taylor, E. G. R., The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714-1840. Cambridge: 1966, p 163, item 193

Brown, W. H., 'Patents connected with the microscope' in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 2nd series 15 (1895) pp 257-73, esp 259-62

Turner, G. L'E., The Great Age of the Microscope: The Collection of the Royal Microscopical Society Through 150 Years. Bristol & New York: 1989, pp 261-2