Boxfoot microscope with rectangular mirror

Made:: 1731-1770

Boxfoot microscope with rectangular mirror, French or Dutch
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Boxfoot microscope with rectangular mirror, French or Dutch, mid 18th century

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A60967

Materials:: lenses, glass, body tube, lignum vitae, body tube, pasteboard, body tube, shagreen, pillar, brass, stage, brass, base, walnut and base, rosewood

Measurements:: overall: height 348 mm
body tube: length 159 mm
body tube: diameter 34 mm
pillar: height 129 mm
base: length 163 mm
base: width 130 mm
base: height 158 mm

type:: boxfoot microscopes

credit:: Nachet and Son

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