Microscope
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: W. Watson & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular microscope with double nosepiece, mechanical stage, trunnion, Abbe condenser, Lister limb with sub-stage mirror, and tripod foot. It has a diagonal rackwork for coarse adjustment, and long lever for fine focus. The stand is brass finished in black enamel. The inscription reads “W. WATSON & SONS / 313 HIGH HOLBORN / LONDON.” The serial number is 5211.
label: Description
content: This form, termed the Edinburgh Student’s Microscope, was introduced in 1889 and remained in production for decades. It incorporated suggestions made by Alexander Edington, a lecturer on bacteriology at Edinburgh University. The several versions were designated A through H. This example is an H.
label: Description
content: Ref: T.N. Clarke, A.D. Morrison-Low, and A.D.C. Simpson, <i>Brass & Glass</i> (Edinburgh, 1989), p. 87.
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: David W. Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.3006.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.3006.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 1985.3006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: case: 32 cm x 18.9 cm x 20.6 cm; 12 5/8 in x 7 7/16 in x 8 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 28.8 cm x 17 cm x 19 cm; 11 5/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in