Accession No

1099

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope; made by J. T. Norman; made by circa 1865

Origin

178 City Road; London; England

Maker

Norman. J. T.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1865

Latest Date

1865

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

height 379mm; depth 190mm; breadth 146mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by I.A.S. Gibson.

Inscription

‘J.T. Norman
178 City Rd
London’

Description Notes

Brass; kettledrum/ claw foot; two uprights to a pivoting limb; circular stage with top stage which slides over lower stage; slide rest with 2 brass handles either side; brass stage clip; brass tail piece with swinging plano/concave mirror; triangular racked shaft with knurled coarse focus screws either side of limb; bar limb with signature; tubular body; fine focus screw behind body; draw tube with push fit eyepiece (no optics); (screw from top of bar limb broken off). 5 objectives all in signed brass cases 4in, 2in, 1in, 1/2in and 1/4in, ‘J.T.Norman City Rd’, and the 4”: ‘147 Dalston Lane N.E.’.

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