Microscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Bausch & Lomb
notes: label: Description
content: Small compound monocular with sub-stage mirror, and inscription on the base reading “New Gem Microscope / Bausch & Lomb.” The form, widely advertised in popular magazines in the 1930s, was said to be “so simple that a bright twelve year old can operate it.” The microscope now sits on a wooden base made in the Museum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Microscopes
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Military Academy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09797
label: accession number
content: 223721
label: catalog number
content: M-9797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 22.2 cm x 5 cm x 7.6 cm; 8 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in x 3 in
label: Measurements
content: base: 2.6 cm x 19.5 cm; 1 in x 7 11/16 in