Accession No

0326

Brief Description

compound microscope, cary / gould type; circa 1840

Origin

Maker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1840

Latest Date

1840

Inscription Date

Material

Metal (brass; other metal); glass (mirror); wood

Dimensions

box length 95mm; breadth 76mm; height 42mm; microscope overall height 202.5 mm (on box)

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Given to Robert Stewart Whipple by J. Ferguson on 01/09/1999.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass; racked pillar screws into lid of box; swinging concave mirror fits into pillar; stage mount with knurled screw operating on rack; circular stage with spring below; compound body screws into holder which slides into shoe at head of pillar; 2 objectives screw to tapered body with field lens; cylindrical collar to eyepiece. (knurled headed screw and objective - [not original])

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