Microscope
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850-1875
name: label: maker
content: Pike, Jr., Benjamin
notes: label: Description
content: This is a compound monocular with rack-and-pinion for coarse adjustment, micrometer screw for fine adjustment, trunion, mechanical stage, and Lister limb holding a polarizing prism and a sub-stage mirror. The base is a reverse V. The “PIKE / MAKER / 518 Broadway / NEW YORK / No. 121” inscription refers to a family of English immigrants, some of whom were at this address from the mid-1850s to the mid-1870s.
label: Description
content: With this instrument there is a set of tubes and eyepieces for a compound binocular.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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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: PH.336595
label: catalog number
content: 336595
label: accession number
content: 1978.0511
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 19 in x 23 in; 38.1 cm x 48.26 cm x 58.42 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; microscope: 10 7/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 26.51125 cm x 19.685 cm x 39.37 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; scope: 2 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 3 in; 5.715 cm x 24.4475 cm x 7.62 cm