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The Partington Magnicometer
MAGNIFIERS AND QUIZZING GLASSES
magnifier; rule
Osborne, Garratt & Co. Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom
1938-39
plastic; metal; glass; paper
overall: 56 mm x 188 mm x 63 mm; overall (box): 66 mm x 205 mm x 71 mm
2021.115
MAGNIFIERS AND QUIZZING GLASSES
magnifier; rule
Osborne, Garratt & Co. Ltd
Europe: United Kingdom
1938-39
plastic; metal; glass; paper
overall: 56 mm x 188 mm x 63 mm; overall (box): 66 mm x 205 mm x 71 mm
Illuminated magnifier for close inspection, with shiny white metal cylindrical battery handle and white plastic lens casing, the spotkight trch netering the casing at a right angle, with a small aperture to one side to permit the use of an instrument under the round lens. Together with a transparent plastic measuring rule with scales on one side, and a paper storage envelope. Also a white cardboard box, as supplied, with separate lid.
2021.115
Gift of Melanie Jefferies in memory of her father George Low, 2021