condensing lens in cell
Date1875-1900
Inventory Number2007-1-0341
ClassificationLens
Subject
Maker
French
?
Maker
German
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions2.5 × 5.4 × 5.4 cm (1 × 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionA large condensing lens formed of an lens pair is held like an objective in a blackened collar with exterior threads. Knurled edges.
Signedunsigned
Edmund Culpeper
Date: circa 1730
Accessories: 6 objectives for screw-barrel microscope; 3 objectives for compound body; 1 lieberkuhn; 1 opaque attachment; brass box; 2 ivory slides, 1 brass wet-cell slide; tweezer; ivory handle; glass specimen fish tube; storage box; instruction booklet by Culpeper (stored in instrument file).
Object number: 1173
Alvan Clark and Sons
Date: 1889
Accessories: box
Object number: 1997-1-0036
Carl Zeiss Jena
Date: early 20th Century
Object number: 1998-1-0408
Eastman Kodak Company
Date: 1947-1956
Object number: 2007-1-0452
