A BRASS AND IVORY SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPE

EDMUND CULPEPER(1660-1738), LONDON. EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A BRASS AND IVORY SCREW-BARREL MICROSCOPE
EDMUND CULPEPER(1660-1738), LONDON. EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The brass Wilson-type screw-barrel microscope signed Culpeper fecit, with ivory body-tube, folding tripod stand engraved Culpeper and Londini, with various accessories and brass and ivory containers for glass beads (numbered 1-4); some parts lacking, in fishskin box

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Lot Essay

Edmund Culpeper was a well-skilled English craftsman, especially known for his achievements in the mathematical and optical fields. After making simple microscopes, he invented the microscopes known as Culpeper-type microscopes sometime between 1725-1730. These tripod-mounted compound microscopes contained major changes and improvements in their mechanical and optical systems.

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