1.004
| dc.creator | Dollond, John. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-07T13:52:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-02-07T13:52:47Z | |
| dc.date.created | About 1765. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-02-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This Ellis-Type Aquatic microscope has a tubular pillar attached to the box-foot. The pillar supports the stage, mirror, and an optical system consisting of a single lens. The instrument is also fitted with a screw-barrel microscope. The wooden box, covered with fish skin, contains accessories, including brass and ivory sliders, and Lieberkuhn reflector. This is the oldest instrument in the Collection. Signed: Dollond London. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152.3/447 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | London optician John Dollond (1706-1761) is known as the inventor of the achromatic lens for telescopes. His sons Peter (1731-1820) and John (b. 1733) continued the business and sold a variety of scientific instruments. The firm remained in the hands of the Dollond family until the 1870s. | |
| dc.subject | Microscopy | |
| dc.subject | Optics | |
| dc.subject | Biology | |
| dc.subject | British Firms | |
| dc.title | 1.004 | en_US |