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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1976.141 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name microscope Description wooden 'Nuremberg' microscope with pastboard tubes, divided by turned polished wooden sections on wooden stand. Three extending tubes, the inner ones covered in coloured paper, the outer one in shagreen (sharkskin). The instrument mounted on a wooden stand, with a weighted base. The microscope swivels backwards and forwards so that the maximum light can be reflected through the slide from a small swivelling mirror at the base. Production period 19th Century, early Material wood, paper, shagreen Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1976.141
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

microscope
Description

wooden 'Nuremberg' microscope with pastboard tubes, divided by turned polished wooden sections on wooden stand. Three extending tubes, the inner ones covered in coloured paper, the outer one in shagreen (sharkskin). The instrument mounted on a wooden stand, with a weighted base. The microscope swivels backwards and forwards so that the maximum light can be reflected through the slide from a small swivelling mirror at the base.
Production period

19th Century, early
Material

wood, paper, shagreen

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