United States: New York, Rochester / Date unspecified
Dissecting Microscope
Dissecting Microscope
The Smithsonian catalogs Dissecting Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Dissecting microscope with a nickel-plated tube, two lenses, square glass stage, sub-stage mirror, black horseshoe base, and wooden case. The inscription reads “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.” and the 61518 serial number suggests a date of around 1906. According to trade literature, the form (Stand Y) was the largest and most complete of the Bausch & Lomb dissecting microscopes, and was first construct