Polarization microscope

Made:: 1880-1900 in Paris

designer:: E Hartnack and A Prazmowski

Polarization microscope, designed by Hartnack and Prazmowski
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Polarization microscope, designed by Hartnack and Prazmowski, made by their successors, French, late 19th century

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A60976

Materials:: lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, pillar, brass, limb, brass, base, brass, base, lead, weighted, base, leather, lined, stage, brass, blackened and scales, silver

Measurements:: overall: height 358 mm
body tube: length 200 mm
body tube: diameter 24 mm
limb: length 158 mm
pillar: height 77 mm
base: length 148 mm
base: width 104 mm
stage: diameter 110 mm

type:: polarizing microscopes

credit:: Nachet and Son

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