Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1905
name: label: maker
content: Bausch & Lomb
notes: label: Description
content: The Bausch & Lomb Continental BB was a compound monocular with rack-and-pinion, inclination joint, triple nosepiece, square stage, sub-stage diaphragm, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and wooden box. The inscription on the base of this example reads “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. / ROCHESTER, N.Y.” The 56833 serial number indicates a date around 1905. This belonged to Frank Marcus Bullard (1894-1965), a physician in Central Valley, N.Y.
label: Description
content: Ref: Bausch & Lomb, <i>Microscopes and Accessories</i> (Rochester, 1900), pp. 34-35.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
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: 1978.0982.01
label: serial number
content: 56883
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0982.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.0982
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 28.8 cm x 10.7 cm x 14.7 cm; 11 5/16 in x 4 3/16 in x 5 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 37.4 cm x 16.4 cm x 22.3 cm; 14 3/4 in x 6 7/16 in x 8 3/4 in