Lot 174
A 19th century Benjamin Martin type drum microscope,
Auction: 9 December 2005 at 11:00 GMT
£263
Description
with 6" body tube, with simple stage and adjustable plano-concave mirror, contained within a rectangular mahogany case with additional objectives, bone specimen slides, fittings, etc
Dimensions
the box 28cm long
Footnote
Note; Benjamin Martin (1704-1782) invented the drum microscope in 1738. He preferred to call his instrument ‘the pocket reflecting microscope’, a prosaic but accurate description, however the term drum was later introduced and has stayed with this type of microscope ever since.