Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1811-1835
name: label: maker
content: Huntley, Robert
notes: label: Description
content: With the brass tube in place, this is a compound monocular with circular stage and sub-stage mirror. With the tube removed, it is a simple microscope. The form was introduced by George Adams, Jr., of London, in the late-eighteenth century, and remained popular for several decades. Examples by various English makers have been recorded. This example has a wooden box, and several ivory sliders. The “R. Huntley / 52 High Holborn / LONDON” inscription is that of Robert Huntley, an instrument maker in business from 1811-1840. A paper label inside the box reads “WILLIAM HARRIS & CO. / MANUFACTURERS . . . / cleaned & adjusted, Jan. 9, 1838.”
label: Description
content: This microscope belonged to Augustus Alvey Adee (1802-1844), a Yale graduate who served a surgeon in the U.S. Navy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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: U.S. Naval Medical School
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09778
label: catalog number
content: M-9778
label: accession number
content: 100338
label: catalog number
content: 100338.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
label: Other Terms
content: microscope; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 37 cm x 23 cm x 52 cm; 14 9/16 in x 9 1/16 in x 20 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: case of accessories: 2 7/8 in x 15 13/16 in x 11 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 40.16375 cm x 29.21 cm