Boxfoot Cuff microscope by Passemant

Made:: 1731-1770 in Paris

maker:: John Cuff

Boxfoot Cuff microscope by Passemant, Paris, mid 18th century
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Boxfoot Cuff microscope by Passemant, Paris, mid 18th century

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A67393

Materials:: lenses, glass, body tube & limb, brass, pillar & base plate, brass, stage, brass, blackened, base, mahogany and base, pine

Measurements:: overall: height 417 mm
body tube: length 190 mm
body tube: diameter 43 mm

type:: cuff microscopes

credit:: Nachet and Son

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