Nuremburg-type drum microscope

Nuremburg-type drum microscope, marked JFF' in heart on base

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Nuremburg-type drum microscope, marked JFF' in heart on base
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Nuremburg-type drum microscope, marked "JFF" in heart on base, German, late 18th or early 19th century

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A97436
Materials:
dust caps, walnut, tube collars & nose, walnut, drum, oak, draw tubes, pasteboard, lenses, glass and split rings, steel
Measurements:
eye lens: diameter 19 mm
field lens: diameter 26 mm
objective: diameter 9 mm
body tube: length 162 mm
drum: height 118 mm
drum: length 65 mm
drum: width 63 mm
overall: height 243 mm
type:
nuremburg microscopes
credit:
Maniere, H.