M0000169: Microscope designed by Joseph Lister

Date:
19 July 1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/3/41
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M0000169: Microscope designed by Joseph Lister. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: A microscope designed, and possibly used, by Joseph Lister

Description

An achromatic microscope made for Joseph Jackson Lister by James Smith in 1826. The item was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by the Lister family in March 1927 and accessioned in 1949 (accession number R234/1949). It is now held by the Science Museum (object number A54204).

Publication/Creation

19 July 1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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