M0010919: Compound "Universal" Microscope designed and made by George Adams, c.1798

Date:
January 1949
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/96/85
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M0010919: Compound "Universal" Microscope designed and made by George Adams, c.1798. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced April 2021: Compound "Universal" Microscope

Description

Compound microscope with the body supported on vertical pillar by a compass joint. The microscope was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1949 (accession number R218/1949). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

January 1949

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number R218/1949 image 252)

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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