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PERIOD AND ATTRIBUTION
Compound microscope of the Galilean type fabricated in the second half of
the 17th century in cardboard, leather, wood and iron. Of Italian
workmanship, it was traditionally attributed to Galileo Galilei, but it
now seems more plausible that it was fabricated by the famous
instrument-maker Giuseppe Campani.
Nome dello strumento: Galilean compound microscope
Inventor: Galileo Galilei
Maker: Giuseppe Campani [attr.]
Date: Second half of the 17th century
Place: Italian make
Materials: Cardboard, leather, wood, iron
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Total height: 200 mm
Height of body-tube: 166 mm
Diameter of body-tube: 49 mm
Height of support: 110 mm
Diameter of support: 55 mm
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Eyepiece:
aperture: 24 mm; thickness at center: 5
mm
Field lens:
diameter: 30 mm; thickness at center: 4,7
mm
Objective:
diameter: 11 mm; thickness at center: 3,5
mm
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