M0000215: Natchet Collection: Mechanical stage plate, camera lucida and binocular ophthalmoscope

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Image of a mechanical stage plate with 2-way motion (late nineteenth century), camera lucida (c.1850) and binocular ophthalmoscope (late nineteenth century). The Nachet Collection was a large set of microscopes collected by Albert Nachet and acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The stage plate and ophthalmoscope are now held by the Science Museum (object number: A63000 and A63003). The camera lucida (accession number 63002) is not held by Wellcome Collection.

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M0000215: Natchet Collection: Mechanical stage plate, camera lucida and binocular ophthalmoscope

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