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Metadata
Object Name |
Microscope, Brass |
Subject |
Educational Materials Natural History Science & Technology Scientific Tools Scientists & Researchers Specimens Technology Tools |
Category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Accession Number |
1991.002.039a-d |
Donor |
McConnell Creek |
Description |
d. wood varnished box; two brass hooks and nails; envelops inside with different seeds, feathers and threat; one glass slide with wasps wing; two glass and three plastic slides |
Provenance |
This is a Field Microscope. Small brass microscopes like these were produced and used widely throughout the 19th Century. They packed neatly into a portable box, which also had space for slides, or even specimens. This microscope is unsigned by any maker, and is of uncertain origin. |
Accession number |
1991.002 |