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Microscope
This early compound microscope was made around 1715, probably by John Marshall (1659-1722), a scientific instrument maker based in London.
The single draw microscope has a green leather body and is mounted on a brass pillar attached to a lead-weighted octagonal wooden base by a ball and socket joint. There is a drawer in the base.
Robert Hooke (1635-1703), Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society, was a pioneer of the construction and use of the microscope. He was probably the first person to design a side-pillar compound microscope like the one pictured here.
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000-190-002-062-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland T.1974.120 |
Date: |
Around 1715 c. 1715
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Material: |
Gold-tooled, pasteboard and green leather body, turned wooden upper body, brass pillar, lead-weighted wooden base. Inscription: I.MARSHALL; Contribute by Edwd Waller Martin
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Dimensions: |
400 mm H; base 210 mm x 160 mm
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What: |
Microscope, compound / box
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Subject: |
22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
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Who: |
Edward Waller Martin (Inscribed on the box) John Marshall, London (Maker)
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Where: |
England, London
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Description: |
Compound microscope signed by John Marshall, London, c. 1715
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References: |
- For Marshall, see Clifton, Gloria, Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851. London: 1995, p 28
- Nuttall, R. H., 'A Marshall Microscope in the Royal Museum of Scotland' in Microscopy 35 (1987), pp 499-509
- Wynter, Harriet & Turner, Anthony. Scientific Instruments. London: 1975 p 211
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