M0017162: Adams' Universal Compound Microscope, late 18th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Adams' Universal Compound Microscope, late 18th century.

Photograph of an Adams Universal Compound Microscope packed in its case. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1925 and accessioned in 1949 (accession number R218/1949). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A56523). Related images: M0017161

December 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R218/1949

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

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