Italian boxfoot microscope mid 18th century
- Made:
- 1731-1770
Italian boxfoot microscope mid 18th century, said to have been used by Larazzo Spallanzani (1729-1799)- from the Nachet collection
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A60948
- Materials:
- lenses, glass, body tube, pasteboard, body tube, leather, body tube, walnut, pillar & ball socket, boxwood, stage, brass, body tube support, brass and base & drawer, walnut
- Measurements:
-
overall: height 430 mm
body tube: length 228 mm
body tube: diameter 47 mm
pillar: height 195 mm
stage: diameter 42 mm
base: length 143 mm
base: width 100 mm
base: height 43 mm
- type:
- boxfoot microscopes
- credit:
- Nachet and Son