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Microscope

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1875-1914

GUSN

GUSN-72875

Description

Brass, black; travel size; rectangular box (b)

Details

Descriptive Terms

microscopes
brass (alloy)
mirrors
turning (shaping process)
metal
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Brass
Unidentified Metal
Glass
Turned
MICROSCOPE

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Bourgeois Open. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Dimensions

2.875 x 9.875 x 4.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.4707

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