United States: New York, Rochester / ca 1930
Microscope
Microscope
The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Small compound monocular with sub-stage mirror, and inscription on the base reading “New Gem Microscope / Bausch & Lomb.” The form, widely advertised in popular magazines in the 1930s, was said to be “so simple that a bright twelve year old can operate it.” The microscope now sits on a wooden base made in the Museum.