Accession No

0650

Brief Description

optical cabinet, telescope and simple microscope, by H. Hughes, English, 1840 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Hughes, H.

Class

optical; astronomy; microscopes

Earliest Date

1840

Latest Date

1840

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); wood; glass

Dimensions

telescope length 176mm; microscope body length 72mm; box length 234mm; breadth 171mm; depth 76mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from T.H. Court on 05/11/1930.

Inscription

‘Invented and Made by H. HUGHES/ LONDON’

Description Notes

Brass. 3 legged stand to brass pillar with compass joint and shoe. Telescope. Brass ferrules with wooden body. 3 brass draw tubes numbered 1-3, 4 on body housing for shoe marked ‘6’, sliding cover for screw fit eyepiece.

Microscope body with brass shoe marked C.M6 brass ferrules with wooden body. Screw fit eyepiece with large lieberkuhn marked “M” and signed. Aperture in side of body with screw-fit brass object holder marked ‘C.M9’. Glazed end and push fit condenser lens marked ‘C.M8’

Brass tube with push fit finials either end and large steel spring marked M.5. Double arm round body to clamped socket (fits round pillar), open sided tube with screw thread one end and swinging mirror. Slot for slide. Stage forceps. Marked ‘13’. Objective lieberkuhn in brass case marked ‘G’. Various lens in brass mounts marked ‘8’, ‘7’, ‘12’, and ‘11’. Compass with 8 cardinal points and fleur-de-lis north. 6 opaque ivory slides numbered 1-6.

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