Demonstration microscope by Tolles

Made:: 1850-1880 in Boston

maker:: Robert B Tolles

Demonstration microscope by Tolles, Boston, mid 19th century
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Demonstration microscope by Tolles, Boston, mid 19th century

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A56509

Materials:: body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, stage plate, brass, blackened and stage clips, iron, rusting

Measurements:: body tube including eyepiece: length 155 mm
body tube: diameter 28 mm
tube support: length 182 mm
stage pate: diameter 57 mm
overall: length 196 mm

type:: demonstration microscopes

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