Accession No

0942

Brief Description

compound microscope, side pillar type; made by Meredith; circa 1800

Origin

Bond Street; London; England

Maker

Meredith

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood (boxwood, other); ivory

Dimensions

length 79mm; breadth 30mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Meredith
Bond Street, London’

Description Notes

Brass; folding 3-legged foot; compass joint to pillar; collar round pillar with rack, moved by knurled screw carries stage plate, with fittings for stage forceps etc., and a bar with arm for swinging plano/concave mirror; knurled cap with finial at head of pillar sliding arm with screw thread to body; shaped snout screw fits to collar; push fit body with field lens and screw fit compound eyepiece.
Fitted wooden box; 2 objectives with brass covers; wheel of 6 objectives; 2 lieberkuhn objectives; lieberkuhn, bonnani stage; brass live slide; 9 ivory 4-object slides numbered 1-9; ivory talc and ring box; cone; glass tube; circular live box; [stage fittings] functional watch glasses; 2 spare eye lenses; stage forceps; frog plate; 2 large boxwood slides.

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