Nuremburg type compound microscope

Nuremburg type compound microscope, marked "JFF" in heart shape, German, late 18th or early 19th century

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A115868
Materials:
stand, walnut, nose, walnut, tube collars, walnut, eye cup, walnut, draw tubes, pasteboard, draw tubes, beech and lenses, glass
Measurements:
eye lens: diameter 18 mm
field lens: diameter 26 mm
objective: diameter 8 mm
body tube: length 160 mm
stand: height 132 mm
base: diameter 122 mm
overall: height 292 mm
type:
nuremburg microscopes
credit:
Maniere