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Unspecified / ca 1850-1900

Microscope

Microscope

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

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Rugged compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, square mechanical stage, trunion, and Lister limb with sub-stage mirror. The body is brass; the horseshoe base is black cast iron. The inscription reads “R. FIELD & SON / OPTICIANS / NEW STREET / BIRMINGHAM.” In 1855, Robert Field of Birmingham won the prize that the Society of Arts in London offered for the best microscope costing just three G

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Science & Scientific Instruments and dates it ca 1850-1900.

Rugged compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, square mechanical stage, trunion, and Lister limb with sub-stage mirror. The body is brass; the horseshoe base is black cast iron. The inscription reads “R. FIELD & SON / OPTICIANS / NEW STREET / BIRMINGHAM.” In 1855, Robert Field of Birmingham won the prize that the Society of Arts in London offered for the best microscope costing just three G

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Smithsonian InstitutionMicroscope

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