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- Description
- This is a heavy brass dissecting microscope with bull’s eye lens, dissecting tools and wooden box. It was used by Dr. Edward Robinson Squibb (1819-1900), an American physician who began manufacturing pharmaceuticals in Brooklyn, and whose firm became E. R. Squibb & Sons.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- microscope
- date made
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- case: 8 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 22.225 cm x 18.415 cm
- microscope: 5 in x 6 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 16.51 cm
- ID Number
- MG.315327.02
- catalog number
- 315327.02
- accession number
- 315327
- Credit Line
- Adele Squibb Maclay
- 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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