Amici's original horizontal microscope

Made:
Unattributed and England

Amici's original horizontal microscope, incomplete, Italian, 1830-1860, bought by Crisp from Prof. Golfarelli in 1886, who had obtained it from Amici's heirs

Details

Category:
Microscopy (Wellcome)
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A56542
Materials:
lenses, glass, body tube, brass, body tube support, brass, limb, brass, pillar, brass, stage, brass, base, walnut and base, oak
Measurements:
overall, horizontal: height 428 mm
overall, vertical: height 553 mm
body tube: length 297 mm
body tube: diameter 37 mm
pillar: height 307 mm
base: length 144 mm
base: width 147 mm
base: height 42 mm
type:
amici horizontal microscopes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)