Accession No

1223

Brief Description

compound microscope, side pillar type, attributed to Benjamin Martin, English, circa 1776

Origin

England [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Martin, Benjamin [attributed]

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1776

Latest Date

1776

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; mercury (suspected)

Dimensions

height 337mm; depth 155mm; breadth 185mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass folding flat tripod foot; triangular pillar with inset rack; swinging plano/concave mirror on a downward curving mount; square stage mounted on shoe with knurled screw operating on rack; fittings for stage forceps etc.; turned finial at head of column with slot for bar limb; screw fit snout on body with screw fit objective; ‘between lens’ in the snout; field lens mounted in the body with a screw fit eye lens of the ‘Huygenian Type’ with 2 plano/convex lenses; Lieberkühn fitted to stage; stage clips.

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