Microscope
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular microscope with three S-shaped legs of the sort designed in the 1720s by the English optician, Edmund Culpeper. The body is brass. The base is wood, as is the triangular case. A drawer in the base holds extra parts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.281267.10
label: catalog number
content: M-12324
label: accession number
content: 281267
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope with base: 39 cm x 16.5 cm x 16.5 cm; 15 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 43.4 cm x 21 cm x 20 cm; 17 1/16 in x 8 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in