Microscope
date: label: date made
content: 1799-1834
name: label: maker
content: Silberrad, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Compound monocular microscope of the sort designed in the 1720s by the English optician, Edmund Culpeper. The body is brass, as are the three S-shaped legs. The base is wood, as is the triangular case. A drawer in the base holds extra parts. There is a rack-and-pinion focus. The sub-stage mirror and mount are missing. The “Silberrad / Aldgate LONDON” inscription refers to Charles Silberrad, an optician in business during the period 1799-1834.
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: Edward C. Kirk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09777
label: accession number
content: 100023
label: catalog number
content: M-9777
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: metal (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (microscope material)
label: Measurements
content: microscope (with base): 37.7 cm x 16.6 cm x 16.6 cm; 14 13/16 in x 6 9/16 in x 6 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: case: 39.1 cm x 18.6 cm x 18.3 cm; 15 3/8 in x 7 5/16 in x 7 3/16 in