M0010952: Binocular microscope no.1925 by W. Watson and Sons, c.1875-1890

Date:
February 1949
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/97/18
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M0010952: Binocular microscope no.1925 by W. Watson and Sons, c.1875-1890. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Microscope described as "modern" in 1888.

Description

English brass microscope no.1925 ("the Draper"). It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1920 and accessioned in 1927 (accession number R27701 and R265/1949). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A56775)

Publication/Creation

February 1949

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds two accession registers which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R27701 image 254 and acc. number R265/19

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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.

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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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