Compound microscope

1680/1700

Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Italy

Compound microscope made of cardboard covered in vellum. Supported in a brass collar with three legs. This support may be modern. The body-tube is made of cardboard covered in green vellum. The mounts are wooden. The only lens present is the objective (diameter 12 mm, thickness 3.5 mm). The glass is pale green and has some bubbles.

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Title: Compound microscope
Date: 1680/1700
Location: Italian

Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza

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