Microscope
notes: label: Description
content: Simple aquatic microscope that fits into and stands on a wooden case. It has a large stage, sub-stage mirror, and cylindrical stand, and is so designed that the observer can keep an eye on aquatic creatures as they move about. The form was introduced in the 1740s by the English optician, John Cuff, at the behest of a Swiss naturalist named Abraham Trembley. In 1752, Cuff modified the microscope for the naturalist, John Ellis. That instrument, known as “Ellis’s aquatic microscope” and made by others, remained popular for years.
label: Description
content: Ref: Savile Bradbury, <i>The Evolution of the Microscope</i> (Oxford, 1967), pp. 97-98.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Alice J. Lemaitre
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11154
label: accession number
content: 258919
label: catalog number
content: M-11154
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
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content: wood (case material)
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content: textile (case material)
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content: metal (case material)
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content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 2.7 cm x 12.6 cm x 8.9 cm; 1 1/16 in x 4 15/16 in x 3 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 11 cm x 4.4 cm x 6 3/16 in; 4 5/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 15.748 cm