Microscope, Lerebours

Description:

This heavy compound monocular microscope has a push-pull focus, square stage, sub-stage aperture ring, sub-stage mirror, and tri-leg base. The “Lerebours Opticien / Place du Pont Neuf N. 13 / à Paris” inscription on the tube refers to the firm begun by Noël Marie Lerebours (1762-1840) and continued by his son, Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours (1807–1873). This was purchased for the U.S. Military Academy in 1829. That was one year before the first achromatic microscope lenses were produced, in England.

Date Made: 1829

Maker: Lerebours

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France: Île-de-France, Paris

Subject: Science & Scientific Instruments

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Credit Line: U.S. Military Academy

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-09792Catalog Number: M-09792Accession Number: 217544Catalog Number: 217544.02

Object Name: microscopeOther Terms: microscope; Medicine

Measurements: overall: 15 5/16 in x 8 3/4 in x 16 in; 38.89375 cm x 22.225 cm x 40.64 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-79a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_728052

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