Nuremburg microscope of Culpeper type with three short legs instead of tripod

Nuremburg microscope of Culpeper type with three short legs

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Nuremburg microscope of Culpeper type with three short legs
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Nuremburg microscope of Culpeper type with three short legs instead of tripod, German, 1781

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Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56312
Materials:
lenses, glass, stand & tube collars, walnut, eye cap & eye cup, walnut, nose, walnut, draw tubes, pasteboard and draw tubes, pine
Measurements:
eye lens: diameter 19 mm
field lens: diameter 267 mm
objective: diameter 9 mm
objective stop, approx.: diameter 1 mm
body tube: length 169 mm
body tube: diameter 87 mm
type:
nuremburg microscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)