Student microscope with drum base

Made:
1831-1870 in France
maker:
Unknown
Student microscope with drum base, and inclined eyepiece

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Student microscope with drum base, and inclined eyepiece
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Student microscope with drum base, and inclined eyepiece, French, mid 19th century

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56790
Materials:
lenses & prism, glass, body tube & limb, brass, pillar, brass, stage, brass, blackened, prism housing, brass, blackened, base, brass and base, lead, weighted
Measurements:
overall: height 340 mm
body tube: diameter 24 mm
top of support to stage: height 135 mm
table to stage: height 96 mm
stage: width 73 mm
base: diameter 96 mm
pillar: height 102 mm
type:
student microscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)