Microscope
- Description
- This is a Model RK binocular dissecting microscope with track for lateral movement, coarse and fine adjustment, large square stage, sub-stage mirror, horseshoe base, and wooden box with extra objectives. The inscription on the eyepiece reads “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER N.Y. / 113679.” That on the stand reads “BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. / ROCHESTER N.Y / BL / ZS / 1?09023.” The hand rests have been lost.
- Ref: Bausch & Lomb, Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus (Rochester, N.Y., 1922), pp. 80-81.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- 1914-1929
- maker
- Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 31.3 cm x 21.1 cm x 18.5 cm; 12 5/16 in x 8 5/16 in x 7 9/32 in
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- associated place
- United States: New York, New York
- ID Number
- MG*M-09354
- accession number
- 224610
- catalog number
- M-09354
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Science & Mathematics
- Microscopes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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