Accession No

1512

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, ‘Fram’ student type; made by W. Watson & Sons; circa 1915

Origin

313 High Holborn; London; England

Maker

W. Watson & Sons Ltd.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1915

Latest Date

1915

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

height 340 mm; depth 210 mm; breadth 170 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transfer from the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, in 1971.

Inscription

‘W. Watson & Sons Ltd.
13885
313 High Holborn
London
Agent
Chas
Hyman
Cambridge’
‘PATH.LAB.
CAMB
1’

Description Notes

Black finish with brass body and screws; kettledrum foot; pivoting body with bar support for instrument when in horizontal position; ‘Nelson Horseshoe’ shape stage; fittings for stage clips; substage mounted on an adjustable swinging arm; condenser with iris diaphragm; swinging plano/concave mirror on a tubular tailpiece; cranked limb coarse focus screws either side of limb; fine focus at the head of the limb (note the changed design of this screw); draw tube divided into cm; push fit eyepiece; triple nosepiece.

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