Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Simple aquatic microscope with square stage, sub-stage mirror, and four lenses, that fits into and stands on a wooden box lined with velvet. It apparently came from the collection of Francis X. Brezina, a European intellectual.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: MG.256202.03.2
label: accession number
content: 256202
label: catalog number
content: 256202.03.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
label: Other Terms
content: microscope; Monocular; Simple; Dissecting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: casting, machining (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: assembled: 18 cm x 17.2 cm x 13.3 cm; 7 1/16 in x 6 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 5.5 cm x 17.2 cm x 13.3 cm; 2 3/16 in x 6 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in