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- Description
- This is a drum microscope with push-pull focus, rectangular stage with screws at either side, bullseye lens on a brass arm attached to the stage, and mirror in the cylindrical base. The “Maison de / l’Ingr. Chevallier Opten / Place du Pont-Neuf, 15 / Paris” inscription refers to Jean Gabriel August Chevallier (1778-1848), an important French optician who sold various microscopes, and whose shop was continued, by his son-in-law, well into the 1870s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- mid 19th century
- maker
- Chevallier, Jean-Gabrielle-Augustin
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 3.25 cm; 30.48 cm x 1 1/4 in
- ID Number
- MG.256202.02.01
- catalog number
- M-10898
- 256202.02
- accession number
- 256202
- 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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