Microscope

Artist Edmund Culpeper (1660-1737)

Inscriptionssur la lame de verre rectangulaire : Glass for De Fish \ Ceci Verre sert à metter le Poisson dessou \ pour voir ge Circulation \ du sang \ Culpeper \ Londini

Marks or Labelssur la paroi du fonds du coffret : at the cross dagger \ E Culpeper Sculp, London

Date 1730

Medium / Technique Metal: brass, steel; glass; skin: leather; cardboard; wood: lignum vitae, oak, ebony; ivory
Turned, polished, screwed, pegged, nailed and glued

DimensionsHeight: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.) Diameter: 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Optical T&E

Origin London, Greater London, England, Europe

Object Number1993.29.1 a-p

DivisionMaterial Culture - Objects of Science and Technology

CollectionStewart

CreditPurchase

Status

Not on view

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