Drum microscope with pasteboard tubes
- Made:
- 1780-1820
Drum microscope with pasteboard tubes, similar to Nuremberg microscopes, Continental, possibly Italian, circa 1800
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A56320
- Materials:
- draw tubes & drum, pasteboard, draw tubes & drum, mahogany, tube collar, brass, honduras, stained black, lens cap, brass, lenses, glass, preparations(slider), mahogany, preparations, glass, windows and split rings, steel
- Measurements:
-
eye lens: diameter 20 mm
field lens: diameter 28 mm
objective: diameter 9 mm
body tube: length 176 mm
stand: height 202 mm
overall: height 264 mm
drum: diameter 42 mm
- type:
- drum microscopes
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