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Description: | Ayscough London Fecit (engraved on the fixed part of the brass pillar). No.7. (engraved on the base of the brass pillar). 1-6 (scale engraved on the moving part of the brass pillar). 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 (engraved on each of the six objective lenses). 1 and 2 (engraved on the two eyepieces for the compound microscope). L.8. (old departmental catalogue number in black cellire on the lid). 84a, 84b (in red cellire on red and white roundels on the front of the box and repeated inside the lid). MANU Ayscough,James circa 1750 Ludgate Street, London, England DES after CUFF,John. 1742 London, England DES possibly after JANSEN,Zacharias. circa 1590 Middelburg, Netherlands This is a compound monocular and simple microscope with most of its lenses which are of the spherical type. It closely resembles a Cuff type having a split pillar but differs in the addition of a simple microscope attachment and an upper stage. The instrument has the same Ayscough number as the Galilean telescope GLAHM. 105670. The microscope has been listed as two separate instruments in the past. | 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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