Drum-type microscope signed "P.T. 1782"

Made:: 1782 in Germany

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Drum-type microscope signed "P.T. 1782", with box base and drawer for accessories, German, 1782

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A56402

Materials:: lenses, glass, body tube, brass, stand, brass, base, mahogany, top and drawer, base, pine and base, ebony, inlay marquetry pattern

Measurements:: overall: height 320 mm
body tube: length 129 mm
body tube: diameter 33 mm
stand: height 170 mm
stand: diameter 52 mm
base: length 159 mm
base: width 157 mm
base, to top of drawer box: height 51 mm
base, maximum: height 106 mm

type:: drum microscopes

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Drum-type microscope signed "P.T. 1782"

Drum-type microscope signed "P.T. 1782", German, 1782

Measurements:: overall: height 320 mm
body tube: length 129 mm
body tube: diameter 33 mm
stand: height 170 mm
stand: diameter 52 mm
base: length 159 mm
base: width 157 mm
base, to top of drawer box: height 51 mm
base, maximum: height 106 mm

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass

Object Number:: A56402/1

type:: drum microscopes

Base for drum-type microscope

Box base and drawer for accessories of drum-type microscope, German, 1782

Measurements:: overall: height 320 mm
body tube: length 129 mm
body tube: diameter 33 mm
stand: height 170 mm
stand: diameter 52 mm
base: length 159 mm
base: width 157 mm
base, to top of drawer box: height 51 mm
base, maximum: height 106 mm