Nuremburg Culpeper microscope with "iM" in oval branded on base

Made:
1781-1820 in Nuremberg
maker:
IM
Nuremburg Culpeper microscope with iM' in oval branded on base

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Nuremburg Culpeper microscope with iM' in oval branded on base
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Nuremburg Culpeper microscope with "iM" in oval branded on base, German, circa 1800

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56315
Materials:
lenses, glass, stand & nose, walnut, tube collars, walnut, eye cup & eye cap, walnut, draw tubes, pasteboard and draw tubes, pine
Measurements:
eye lens: diameter 18 mm
field lens: diameter 26 mm
objective: diameter 9 mm
body tube: length 166 mm
stand: height 150 mm
base: diameter 122 mm
overall: height 327 mm
type:
nuremburg microscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)