Microscope with wooden case and accessories

Made:: 1871-1900 in Paris

maker:: E Hartnack and Company

Microscope with wooden case, belonging to Professor Moseley, by E. Hartnack et Cie, Place Dauphine 21, Paris, France, 1871-1900.

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A43388

Materials:: lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, limb & stage, brass, pillar, brass, base, brass, base, lead, weighted and box, mahogany

Measurements:: overall: height 245 mm
body tube: length 137 mm
body tube: diameter 24 mm
limb: height 110 mm
pillars: height 53 mm
base: length 114 mm
base: width 75 mm
stage: width 76 mm
box: length 280 mm
box: width 149 mm
box: height 104 mm

type:: student microscopes

credit:: Mott, Lady

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Microscope by E. Hartnack et Cie

Microscope by E. Hartnack et Cie, Place Dauphine 21, Paris, France, 1871-1900.

Measurements:: overall: height 245 mm
body tube: length 137 mm
body tube: diameter 24 mm

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass

Object Number:: A43388 Pt1

type:: microscope

Magnifying glass on brass stand

Magnifying glass on brass stand, E. Hartnack et Cie, Place Dauphine 21, Paris, France, 1871-1900.

Materials:: glass and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A43388 Pt2

type:: magnifying glass

Objective lens and eyepiece

Objective lens and eyepiece, by E. Hartnack et Cie, Place Dauphine 21, Paris, France, 1871-1900.

Materials:: glass and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A43388 Pt3

type:: objective lens and microscope eyepiece

Wooden case

Wooden case, with key, for microscope and accessories, by E. Hartnack et Cie, Place Dauphine 21, Paris, France, 1871-1900.

Measurements:: length 280 mm
width 149 mm
height 104 mm

Materials:: wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A43388 Pt4

type:: medical instrument case

Case containing objective lenses and eyepiece

Leather covered case containing five objective lenses, x3 power eyepiece and aperture stop (?) marked 10, by E. Hartnack et Cie, Place Dauphine 21, Paris, France, 1871-1900.