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Solar microscope
    • Setting:
      Room XIII
    • Maker:
      Peter Dollond
    • Place:
      London
    • Date:
      ca. 1800
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      plate 122x121 mm, mirror 188x55 mm; box 128x88x40 mm
    • Inventory:
      795
    • Solar microscope (Inv. 795)

Brass solar microscope built by Peter Dollond, formerly in the Lorraine collections. The plate to be attached to a window shutter carries the adjustable mirror on one side and the body-tube on the other. There is also a box containing six objectives, four condensers, a mount, and other devices for preparing specimens.