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Object Details
- Pike, Jr., Benjamin
- Description
- This is a compound monocular with rack-and-pinion for coarse adjustment, micrometer screw for fine adjustment, trunion, mechanical stage, and Lister limb holding a polarizing prism and a sub-stage mirror. The base is a reverse V. The “PIKE / MAKER / 518 Broadway / NEW YORK / No. 121” inscription refers to a family of English immigrants, some of whom were at this address from the mid-1850s to the mid-1870s.
- With this instrument there is a set of tubes and eyepieces for a compound binocular.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1850-1875
- ID Number
- PH.336595
- catalog number
- 336595
- accession number
- 1978.0511
- Object Name
- microscope
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 19 in x 23 in; 38.1 cm x 48.26 cm x 58.42 cm
- overall; microscope: 10 7/16 in x 7 3/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 26.51125 cm x 19.685 cm x 39.37 cm
- overall; scope: 2 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 3 in; 5.715 cm x 24.4475 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Microscopes
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_1460932
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-1410-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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