Microscope
date: label: date made
content: mid 19th century
name: label: maker
content: Plossl, Simon
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular with condenser lens on a folding arm, micrometer screw adjustment, inclination joint, rectangular stage, sub-stage mirror, and V-shaped base. The “S. PLOESSL & CIE / WEIN” inscription refers to Simon Plössl (1794-1868), an accomplished optician in Vienna. The firm he founded in 1823 was still in business in the 1870s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Hapsburg Empire: Austria-Hungary, Vienna
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.256202.04
label: accession number
content: 256202
label: catalog number
content: M-10900
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, microscope
label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 4 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 10.4775 cm x 13.97 cm