Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1885-1896
name: label: maker
content: E. Hartnack & A. Prazmowski
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, double nosepiece, trunion, circular stage, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, and horseshoe base. The “Ane Mon Hartnack & Prazmowski / Bézu, Hausser & Cie Sucrs / Paris” inscription refers to a French microscope firm that was in business, as such, from 1885 to 1896. This microscope belonged to Henry Schmetz, the donor’s grandfather.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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. E. Stanton Foster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.290759.01
label: catalog number
content: M-13838
label: accession number
content: 290759
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 9.4 cm x 13.9 cm; 13 in x 3 11/16 in x 5 1/2 in