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Microscope

Microscope

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

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Compound monocular microscope with cardboard tubes, the outer one covered with sharkskin. The base and fittings are wood. The three S-shaped legs are brass, as is the circular stage and the sub-stage mirror on a swivel mount. The form was designed in the 1720s by the English optician, Edmund Culpeper. Some features of this example—notably the shape of the legs—suggest the work of Matthew Loft.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Science & Scientific Instruments and dates it mid 18th century.

Compound monocular microscope with cardboard tubes, the outer one covered with sharkskin. The base and fittings are wood. The three S-shaped legs are brass, as is the circular stage and the sub-stage mirror on a swivel mount. The form was designed in the 1720s by the English optician, Edmund Culpeper. Some features of this example—notably the shape of the legs—suggest the work of Matthew Loft.

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