Nuremburg type compound microscope

Made:
1780-1820 in Germany
maker:
IM
Nuremburg type compound microscope, marked IM' in circle

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Nuremburg type compound microscope, marked "IM" in circle, German, late 18th or early 19th century

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A162061
Materials:
dust caps, walnut, tube collars, walnut, nose, walnut, stand, walnut, lenses, glass, draw tubes, pasteboard, draw tubes, beech and split rings, steel
Measurements:
eye lens: diameter 18 mm
field lens: diameter 27 mm
objective: diameter 9 mm
body tube: length 181 mm
stand: height 155 mm
base: diameter 122 mm
overall: height 354 mm
type:
nuremburg microscopes
credit:
Glendining