Accession No

1804

Brief Description

compound microscope, by Vincent Chevalier, French, 1830 (c)

Origin

France; Paris; Quai de L’horloge 69

Maker

Chevalier, Vincent

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1830

Latest Date

1830

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; ivory; wood

Dimensions

height 485mm; depth 210 mm; breadth 200 mm lens length 42mm; max diameter 45mm

Special Collection

Heywood collection

Provenance

Purchased from the H.Heywood collection under estate duty exemption benefit with the assistance of a Science Museum grant-in-aid.

Inscription

‘Selon Euler
Perfectionne
par Vincent Chevalier aine et fils,
Ingrs Optns Brevetes
quai de L’horloge No 69 a Paris.’

Description Notes

Brass; folding tribach foot; turned brass column; compass joint; square limb; swinging concave mirror on shoe round limb; square stage on racked column within limb, operated by knurled ivory screw; brass clips; cone below stage [cast in one piece] with slot [for slider]; body screwed to bar at the head of the limb; tapered nosepiece wide body; screw fit collar with lip within body; draw tube with screw fit collar; push fit eyepiece; 2 screw fit objectives; live box; alternative eyepiece. Fitted wooden box - but stage does not fit easily. (Described as ‘Sellignes achromatic’ in Heywood handlist. Objects do not appear to be achromatic.)

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