000-100-044-398-C
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Microscope
This brass simple pocket microscope was made around 1800, and retailed by W. & S. Jones, scientific instrument makers based in London.
It has three alternative, or combinations lenses and a mirror. The stage is missing. Small enough to fold up into a carrying case (now missing), this instrument was described in W. & S. Jones' pricelist of 1798 as a 'Pocket Botanical and Universal microscope', aimed at reaching as wide a market as possible.
Botanical microscopes such as this came into vogue from the mid 18th century, as all branches of natural history became fashionable, a fashion which lasted well into the 19th century.
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| Online ID: |
000-100-044-398-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1925.8.3 |
| Date: |
Around 1800
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| Material: |
Fish skin case
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| Dimensions: |
Case 108 mm x 64 mm x 32 mm
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| What: |
Microscope, botanical / case
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| Subject: |
22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
W. and S. Jones, Holborn, London (Instrument maker)
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| Where: |
England, London
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| Description: |
Botanical microscope with three eyepieces and mirror, stage missing, made by W. and S. Jones, Holborn, London, in a fish skin case
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| References: |
- Adams, George, Essays on the Microscope. 2nd edition edited by William Jones, London: 1798, p 124
- For a similar, complete, example, see Turner, G. L'E., The Great Age of the Microscope: the Collection of the Royal Microscopical Society through 150 years. Bristol & New York, 1989 pp 266-7
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