Solar microscope

Made:: 1800-1825

Solar microscope, similar to Nuremburg microscope, Italian
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Solar microscope, similar to Nuremburg microscope, Italian, circa 1800, mirror missing

Details

Category:: Microscopy (Wellcome)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A56813

Materials:: screwbarrel, boxwood, lenses, glass, cylinder, brass, sleeve, cylinder, pasteboard, paper-covered drawtube, screen, brass, plate and rackwork and screen, mahogany, frame

Measurements:: overall: length 340 mm
screwbarrel, including eyepiece: length 119 mm
screwbarrel: diameter 53 mm
cylinder: length 208 mm
cylinder: diameter 54 mm
screen: length 202 mm
screen: width 156 mm

type:: solar microscopes

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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