Object Details
- A.C. Gilbert
- Description
- Compound monocular with push-tube focus, hinged joint, square stage, sub-stage mirror, and square base, as well as slides and apparatus for simple chemical experiments. The inscription on the box reads “GILBERT MICROSCOPE AND LAB SET.”
- This item was made and marketed by A.C. Gilbert, a toy company that was established in Westville, Ct., in 1909, and that introduced the Erector Set a few years later. Gilbert began making microscopes for children in 1932. This example, number 13031, is dated 1957.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Sherrie Lyn Hall
- 1957
- ID Number
- 1992.0560.01.1
- catalog number
- 1992.0560.01.1
- accession number
- 1992.0560
- Object Name
- microscope set
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.8 cm x 13.4 cm x 7.9 cm; 8 31/32 in x 5 9/32 in x 3 1/8 in
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, New Haven
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Microscopes
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Science & Scientific Instruments
- Record ID
- nmah_1163927
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-07f6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
