Microscope Test Plate
notes: label: Description
content: Henry Joseph Grayson (1856-1918) was an English nurseryman and inventor who, after moving to Australia, designed, constructed, and used a ruling engine for microscope test plates. A paper label on this glass microscope slide reads in part “Test Plate, / 10,000 to 120,000. / RULED BY / H. L. GRAYSON / ME. . . .”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Oscar Richards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0336.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0336.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0336
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope slide
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 8.89 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: slide: 1/16 in x 3 in x 1 in; .15875 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm