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Description: | The Bell Pettigrew Museum contains a small but important collection of instruments, particularly microscopes, used in Biology at the University of St Andrews over the past century. These include a microscope inscribed 'Bell Pettigrew Museum' which must have been bought as part of the original equipment for the Museum in the early 20th century. There are late 19th century microscopes dating from the time of William Carmichael McIntosh, and an R. and J. Beck simple microscope used by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Particularly worthy of note are the microscopes associated with the work of the zoology department under H.G. Callan. These include early inverted microscopes by Cooke, Troughton and Simms of York made to special order. These are some of the earliest inverted microscopes made and are important in the history of microscopy. There is also a radiometer pH meter that was used for 50 years in the Gatty Marine Laboratory after its purchase in the 1930s. | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ZOOLOGY MICROSCOPE | Source: | University of St Andrews | Address: | KY16 9AJ | Creator: | University of St Andrews | Contributor: | University of St Andrews | Identifier: | BP:C76 | Language: | en-GB | Relation: | MC:C48 |
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