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micrometer drum
micrometer drum

micrometer drum

Date1875-1900
Inventory Number2007-1-0503
ClassificationMicrometer
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Dimensions5 × 2.3 × 5 cm (1 15/16 × 7/8 × 1 15/16 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionThis micrometer drum is made of red brass with a silvered scale. The knob for turning it is knurled along the rim and concave. The rest of the apparatus is missing.
        Signedunsigned
        filar micrometer
        Wm Gaertner & Company
        Date: 1900-1920
        Accessories: micrometer eyepiece, eyepiece adaptor
        Object number: 1997-1-1836
        filar micrometer
        Fauth & Company
        Date: circa 1885
        Accessories: spare parts, wood case
        Object number: 1996-1-0028
        filar micrometer
        Carl Bosch
        Date: circa 1900
        Accessories: 6 eyepieces; case
        Object number: 1996-1-0032
        two-microscope linear micrometer
        Carl Zeiss Jena
        Date: circa 1910
        Object number: 1996-1-0619
        object glass micrometer for Cassegrain telescope
        Dollond & Son
        Date: 1758-1764
        Accessories: Fitted mahogany box
        Object number: 0059
        tailpiece micrometers for collimators of the 8.25-inch meridian circle
        Troughton & Simms
        Date: 1868-1870
        Object number: 2006-1-0051
        filar micrometer
        Alvan Clark and Sons
        Date: circa 1894
        Object number: 1997-1-0291
        solar eyepiece micrometer
        Troughton & Simms
        Date: circa 1875
        Accessories: 3 eyepieces; 1 diagonal; 1 set of shades; magnifier; dust cap; case.
        Object number: 1996-1-0566
        precision screw for adjustable slit or micrometer
        American
        Date: 1875-1900
        Object number: 1996-1-0611
        filar micrometer
        Bausch & Lomb Optical Company
        Date: circa 1900
        Accessories: case
        Object number: 1997-1-0804
        eyepiece micrometer
        Louis Jules Duboscq
        Date: 1850-1875
        Object number: 2007-1-0390
        combination live box and microscope stage micrometer
        Andrew Pritchard
        Date: 1835-1840
        Accessories: box
        Object number: 1088b