Accession No

0558

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, wenham binocular type, by Andrew Ross, circa 1855

Origin

England; London; High Holborn; Featherstone Buildings

Maker

Ross, Andrew

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1855

Latest Date

1855

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

microscope height 495mm; breadth 215mm; depth 230mm binocular eyepiece length 230mm; breadth 95mm; thickness 54mm part of microscope: length 116mm; breadth 120mm; thickness 120mm part of stage: length 103mm; breadth 42mm; height 24mm eyepiece: height 35mm; maximum diameter 35mm eyepiece: height 28mm; maximum diameter 36mm eyepiece: height 40mm; maximum diameter 35mm camera lucida: height 60mm; breadth 44mm; thickness 40mm substage: length 85mm; breadth 62mm; height 46mm part of substage: height 88mm; maximum diameter 52mm 3 rods: length 92mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from E.J. Stear, South Africa, in 04/1929.

Inscription

‘A.Ross/LONDON/570’
Printed label in box ‘Magnifying Power of the Object Glasses with various eye glasses’ ‘Andw. Ross 2, Featherstone Buildings High Holborn’

Description Notes

Brass microscope. Claw foot. Two uprights massively constructed limb tail. Tail piece with swinging plano/concave mirror. Stage with racked circular base with knurled screw for rotation. Rectangular super stage section with knurled screw operating forward motion. sliding bar. spring clips. Fittings for forceps. Substage on a racked dovetailed shoe with central socket with rack and knurled screw facilitating full rotation, and clamp. Racked rectangular limb and fine focus screw graduated 0-28 by 7 on top of bar limb. Coarse focus by 2 screws either side of limb. Screw fit body. Push fit prism in tray slides into nose. Fitted wooden box. Binocular body signed ‘WENHAM’s BINOCULAR/ by Ross, LONDON’. Rack focussing. Substage condenser and stop. Substage condenser with rotating stops and iris diaphragm. 8 eyepieces, 2 ‘B’, 1 each ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘E’ ‘F’, 2 ‘C’ signed ‘KELLNER’S ORTHOSCOPIC/ROSS, LONDON’. Stage forceps, 5 objectives cases, 4 objectives, 3 signed and dated 1854, 1” 1/2” 1/4” 1/8”. Camera lucida, plus a large number of stops, slide trays, substage attachments, fish plate, rotating stops and dark ground. Polarising apparatus including box of retarding films in brass mounts.

Printed label in box ‘Magnifying Power of the Object Glasses with various eye glasses’ ‘Andw. Ross 2, Featherstone Buildings High Holborn’

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