Compound monocular chest microscope by Dollond

Made:: 1801-1825 in London

maker:: Dollond family

Compound monocular chest microscope by Dollond
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Compound monocular chest microscope by Dollond, with cruciform stage on a rack to focus, English, 1801-1825

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A50965

Materials:: body tube & pillar, brass, body tube support, brass, stage & joint, brass, lenses, glass, box, mahogany, box, baize, green, lining to some supports in base and and lid

Measurements:: overall: height 365 mm
body tube: length 170 mm
body tube: diameter 35 mm
pillar: length 224 mm
stage: width 102 mm
box: length 298 mm
box: width 133 mm
box: height 155 mm

type:: chest microscopes

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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