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Description:

This Continental model BB is a compound monocular with coarse and fine focus, triple nosepiece, inclination joint, square stage covered with vulcanite, sub-stage apparatus with condenser and iris diaphragm, adjustable bar for sub-stage mirror (mirror is missing), and “Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. / NEW YORK ROCHESTER, N.Y. CHICAGO” inscription on the horseshoe base. Bausch & Lomb boasted in 1900 that “Fully one-half of all microscopes sold by us are BB’s” and the “very best laboratories are equipped with them.” The 33851 serial number here indicates a date of 1901.

Ref: Bausch & Lomb, Microscopes and Accessories (Rochester, N.Y., 1900), pp. 34-35.

Date Made: ca 1901

Maker: Bausch & Lomb

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, Rochester

Subject: Science & Scientific Instruments

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Credit Line: Bausch & Lomb Optical Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-12206Accession Number: 272522Catalog Number: M-12206

Object Name: microscope

Physical Description: metal (overall material)glass (overall material)brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 37 cm x 10.6 cm x 14.5 cm; 14 9/16 in x 4 3/16 in x 5 11/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3093-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1172345

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