Solar Microscope
date: label: date made
content: late 18th century
name: label: maker
content: Ramsden, Jesse
notes: label: Description
content: This type of solar microscope was introduced around 1740 and remained popular well into the nineteenth century. This example has a brass plate with 6 lenses, 6 ivory sliders, and a “RAMSDEN / LONDON” inscription. Jesse Ramsden was a prominent artisan who specialized in mathematical and optical instruments.
label: Description
content: Ref: Anita McConnell, <i>Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800), London’s Leading Scientific Instrument Maker</i> (Aldershot, 2007).
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09889
label: accession number
content: 236683
label: catalog number
content: M-09889
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microscope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (microscope material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material`)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 8.4 cm x 25.4 cm x 14.2 cm; 3 5/16 in x 10 in x 5 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: microscope: 20.2 cm x 11.9 cm x 20.9 cm; 7 15/16 in x 4 11/16 in x 8 1/4 in