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Description: | LO 138 (old departmental catalogue number on side of box in aluminium paint). I. RUTHVEN EDINBURGH (maker's name stamped in the end of the silvered eye piece mount). Lion and unicorn crest with HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE motif and DR BREWSTER's PATENT KALEIDOSCOPE (cast into a bronze disc with triangular slot mounted in the objective end of the draw tube as a collector and mask for the mirrors. DES BREWSTER,David,Sir 1816 Edinburgh Scotland MANU RUTHVEN,I. circa 1820 Ruthven were one of the earliest commercial makers od kaleidoscopes - this is a nice example of one of these early instruments. There is a detachable objective which allows the instrument to be used to view everday objects. There are also ten specimen cells and a holder. Nine of the cells are fixed and one could be opened. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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