Microscope
date: label: date made
content: late 18th century
name: label: maker
content: Dollond
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular microscope with side pillar, and sub-stage mirror that, with extra lenses and accessories, fits into and flips up from a rectangular wooden chest. Edward Nairne introduced the form in the late 1750s. The “Dollond / London” inscription on this example refers to an optical firm that began in business around 1750 and remains in business today.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
label: associated place
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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: Mrs. Wallace W. Peterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09465
label: accession number
content: 229021
label: catalog number
content: M-9465
label: catalog number
content: 229021.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: grass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 13.8 cm x 29.7 cm x 12.9 cm; 5 7/16 in x 11 11/16 in x 5 1/16 in