Nuremburg type compound microscope

Made:: 1771-1800 in Germany

Nuremburg type compound microscope, marked JFF' inside a heart
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Nuremburg type compound microscope, marked "JFF" inside a heart, German, late 18th century

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A60962

Materials:: stand, walnut, nose, walnut, tube collars, walnut, lens, glass and draw tubes, pasteboard

Measurements:: body tube: length 116 mm
objective lens: diameter 8 mm
stand: height 143 mm
base: diameter 123 mm

type:: nuremburg microscopes

credit:: Nachet and Son

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