Drum Microscope
Unknown Maker
19th century
Overall: 10 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (26 × 3.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.34294
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Microscopy
Not on view
Course History
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
Provenance
Source unknown; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum by transfer from other departments, mostly between 1930-1955; catalogued, 1960; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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