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Solar microscope by Passemant

Made:: 1760-1780 in Paris

Solar microscope by Passemant, Louvre, Paris

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Solar microscope by Passemant, Louvre, Paris
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Solar microscope by Passemant, Louvre, Paris, with viewing optics missing, late 18th century

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Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A62994

Materials:: lens support, brass, pillar & draw tube, brass, cylinder, brass, lenses, glass, screen, mahogany, mirror-carrying, mahogany and plate

type:: solar microscopes

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