Accession No

1522

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope with accessories (not associated), by M. Pillischer, English, 1860 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Pillischer, M.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1860

Latest Date

1860

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, oxidised brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

length 32mm; breadth 36mm; height 29mm; glass circle diamter 39mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transfer from the Department of Botany, University of Cambridge.

Inscription

‘M PILLISCHER LONDON
THE INTERNATIONAL
MANUFACTURER
TRADE
MARK
NO 3428’

Description Notes

Brass; claw foot with two uprights to large rectangular limb; rotating mechanical stage; oxidised brass fittings for stage forceps etc.; swinging plano/concave mirror on jointed arm; triangular racked column with large knurled coarse focus screws either side of the instrument; bar limb with fine focus screw on top of the bar; body: push fit with notched socket; screw fit objective; draw tube; push fit eyepiece ‘A’ and field lens; eye shade.
Fitted wooden box; spare eye piece ‘C’; rotating diaphragm; ground glass disc; various eyepieces (not part of instrument ) including camera lucida, prismatic eyepiece and 3 others; polarising eye piece.

Incomplete

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