Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This simple microscope—consisting of a brass cylinder that supports an eyepiece on a horizontal arm, a circular stage, and a sub-stage mirror—stands on and fits into a wooden box small enough to fit in one’s pocket.
label: Description
content: François-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878), a French scientist and politician, designed the form in the 1820s. In this example, the stage and mirror are missing. The “DELEUIL” inscription refers to an important instrument house in Paris that was established by Louis Joseph Deleuil (1805-1862) and continued by his son, Jean Adrien Deleuil (1825-1894).
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0308.05.02
label: accession number
content: 1995.0308
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0308.05.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 10.5 cm x 20.4 cm; 1 15/16 in x 4 1/8 in x 8 1/16 in