Galilean compound microscope
Giuseppe Campani (attr.)
Galilean compound microscope, second half 17th century.
Cardboard, leather, wood, iron, 200 mm (height) 55 mm (diameter)
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, inv. 3429
This very important three double-convex lenses (an objective, a field lens, and an eyepiece) instrument was said to have been built by Galileo, but is now more plausibly attributed to Giuseppe Campani.
Credit:
Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence
About the Image
| Id: | galileo_07 |
| Size: | 2064 x 2953 px |
About the Object
| Type: | • Historical Images |
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