A portable field microscope belonging to Joseph Dalton Hooker

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21.09.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 262 | A portable field microscope belonging to Joseph Dalton Hooker
A nineteenth-century portable field microscope

by Ross of London ("Ross London. 2000" engraved at base of instrument), in original lockable mahogany box bearing the name "J.D. Hooker", with accompanying lenses and magnifiers in two small fitted boxes, and small wooden ruler, light wear to instrument and box, small fitted boxes rubbed, with lid of one box detached, mahogany box lacking key, with lid starting to split

AN ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT OWNED AND USED BY JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER.
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