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Compound microscope
    • Setting:
      Room XIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      French
    • Date:
      late 19th cent.
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      height 155 mm; box 166x72x54 mm
    • Inventory:
      3172
    • Compound microscope (Inv. 3172)

Compound microscope called a cylinder or drum microscope because of the shape of the base. The body-tube slides in a collar for focusing. The mirror is inserted in the base. An articulated arm holds a bull's eye lens. There are three objectives. Instruments of this type, used mainly for recreational purposes, were inexpensive and thus sold in large numbers.