M0011544: Hugh Powell's microscope of 1841.

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Hugh Powell's microscope of 1841.

Illustration of Hugh Powell's microscope of 1841 made in response to the award by the Royal Society of Arts of medals to encourage the construction of microscopes, published in Mayall, John: The modern microscope, London: Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, 1888

1950

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

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