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Simple microscope, aquatic
    • Setting:
      Room X
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Italian?
    • Date:
      second half 18th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood, ivory
    • Dimensions:
      length of arm 223 mm, base 200x130
    • Inventory:
      3233
    • Simple microscope, aquatic (Inv. 3233)

Simple aquatic microscope, very similar to the one used by Abraham Trembley. The wooden base is covered in ivory and supports an articulated arm with ball joints holding the collar that carried the lens (missing). Provenance: Lorraine collections.