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United States: Connecticut, New Haven / 1855-1860

Microscope

Microscope

The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.

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This is a “best student’s microscope” made by Julius and William Grunow, brothers from Prussia who arrived in New York in 1849, and lived in New Haven from 1854 to 1860. It is a compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, square stage, trunnion, sub-stage apparatus, sub-stage mirror, tri-leg base of japanned cast iron, and wooden box with extra lenses. The inscription reads “J. & W. Grunow New

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Science & Scientific Instruments and dates it 1855-1860.

This is a “best student’s microscope” made by Julius and William Grunow, brothers from Prussia who arrived in New York in 1849, and lived in New Haven from 1854 to 1860. It is a compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, square stage, trunnion, sub-stage apparatus, sub-stage mirror, tri-leg base of japanned cast iron, and wooden box with extra lenses. The inscription reads “J. & W. Grunow New

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