Unsigned solar microscope with worn worm drive for heliostat and rack barrel focusing, English, 19th century
Details
- Category:
- Microscopy (Wellcome)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A56815
- Materials:
- lenses & mirror, glass, rackbarrel, brass, cylinder & screen, brass, mirror-carrying, brass and plate
- Measurements:
-
overall: length 740 mm
rackbarrel: length 83 mm
rackbarrel: diameter 40 mm
cylinder: length 252 mm
cylinder: diameter 118 mm
screen: length 195 mm
screen: width 195 mm
mirror: length 366 mm
mirror: width 117 mm
- type:
- solar microscope
