United States: New York, Rochester / ca 1890
Microscope
Microscope
The Smithsonian catalogs Microscope as microscope in its Science & Scientific Instruments records.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
The Professional, Bausch & Lomb’s first high-end microscope, was on the market by 1877 and, with a full set of accessories, could cost as much as $200. Bausch & Lomb renamed it the American Type Microscope, Model K, Professional in the 1890s, boasting that it “may be considered as the highest attainment in microscopical construction in design, solidity and practical utility of the various parts.”