Name/Title
Aquatic MicroscopeEntry/Object ID
2013.3.1Description
This is also knows as "Raspail's" microscope. It is an instrument for examining animals in watch glasses. The movable lens enables the observer to scan a dish without shaking the animals. A good illustration of the simple microscope appears in the catalogue of Lerebours et Secretan (Catalogue et Prix des Instruments Etc., Paris, 1853). F.V. Raspail, for whom this instrument is named, was the author of an organic chemistry textbook. Among the plates for the second edition (Paris, 1838) there is a figure of a compound microscope which is placed in the same basic stand as this simple microscope.
Two of these microscopes were bought of Deleuil, Paris, by Dr. Peter for 75 francs.Collection
Moosnick Museum - Scientific Apparatus
