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- Description
- Small compound monocular with sub-stage mirror, and inscription on the base reading “New Gem Microscope / Bausch & Lomb.” The form, widely advertised in popular magazines in the 1930s, was said to be “so simple that a bright twelve year old can operate it.” The microscope now sits on a wooden base made in the Museum.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- ca 1930
- maker
- Bausch & Lomb
- place made
- United States: New York, Rochester
- Physical Description
- metal (microscope material)
- wood (base material)
- glass (microscope material)
- Measurements
- microscope: 22.2 cm x 5 cm x 7.6 cm; 8 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in x 3 in
- base: 2.6 cm x 19.5 cm; 1 in x 7 11/16 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-09797
- accession number
- 223721
- catalog number
- M-9797
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Academy
- subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Microscopes
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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