Boxfoot microscope with ball-socketed pillar
- maker:
- Francois de Baillou
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Boxfoot microscope with ball-socketed pillar, signed by Baillou, Milan, Italian, 1755
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A60951
- Materials:
- lenses, glass, body tube, pasteboard, body tube, vellum, body tube, leather, body tube, lignum vitae, pillar & stage, brass and base, walnut
- Measurements:
-
overall: height 345 mm
body tube: length 206 mm
body tube: diameter 46 mm
pillar: height 244 mm
base: length 163 mm
base: height 49 mm
base: width 117 mm
- type:
- boxfoot microscopes
- credit:
- Nachet and Son
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