Accession No

0904

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope; circa 1875

Origin

Maker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1875

Latest Date

1875

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, iron); glass

Dimensions

height 389mm; depth 180mm; breadth 155mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘TRADE MARK’ (plaque)

Description Notes

Brass; claw foot painted khaki; two uprights to a pivoting limb; square stage with two iron bars set into it and a bar magnet with a brass plaque signed ‘TRADE MARK’ with an open eye; tubular tail piece with swinging plano/concave mirror; racked triangular column with 2 knurled screws; bar limb; body with lever operated fine focus screw; draw tube with collar; push fit eyepiece; (no objective extant).

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