M0016948: Diagram of Tyndall's apparatus for experiments for disproving the doctrine of spontaneous generation

Date:: 1958

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/152/52

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M0016948: Diagram of Tyndall's apparatus for experiments for disproving the doctrine of spontaneous generation. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Tyndall's apparatus for experiments

Description

Illustration of Tyndall's apparatus for experiments disproving the doctrine of spontaneous generation, used here as a culture chamber, including a microscope in a horizontal position with artificial illumination and an oil immersion lens. Published in Saville Kent, William: A manual of the Infusoria, London : D. Bogue, 1880-1882

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1958

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1 photograph sheet film negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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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 2022.

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