000-100-104-200-C
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Microscope
This brass microscope was made around 1760, probably by John and Peter Dollond of London, as it is marked around the stage 'DOLLAND LONDON'.
The instrument has a concave mirror and a circular glass stage. Its accessories include a spare eyepiece, two Lieberkuhn lenses with one holder, three ivory slides and a glass slide.
The instrument combines features of the Wilson screw-barrel microscope - a form of the simple microscope popularised in England by James Wilson; and elements of a popular 1752 aquatic model (for examining pond life) designed by the naturalist John Ellis (1710-76).
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| Online ID: |
000-100-104-200-C |
| Image Rights Holder: |
National Museums Scotland |
| Project: |
0098: National Museums Scotland
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| Ref: |
National Museums Scotland T.1925.7 |
| Date: |
Around 1760
c. 1760
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| Material: |
Brass pillar / fish skin case / ivory slides / glass slide
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| Dimensions: |
6.50" x 4.31" x 1.56" (case)
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| What: |
Microscope, combined, Wilson and Ellis / case / microscope access
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| Subject: |
22. PHYSICS, Light (Departmental Classification)
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| Who: |
Dollond, London (Instrument maker)
Ellis (Eponym)
Wilson (Eponym)
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| Where: |
England, London
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| Description: |
Combined Wilson and Ellis brass microscope, by Dollond, London, in a fish skin case, with various accessories, c. 1760
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| References: |
- For other Ellis-type microscopes, 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 270-72
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