Accession No

1511

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, dissecting, by J. Swift and Son, English, 1910

Origin

England; London

Maker

J. Swift and Son

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1910

Latest Date

1910

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

height 307mm; depth 195mm; breadth 129mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transfer from the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, in 1971.

Inscription

‘J Swift & Son
London’ (on stand)
‘10290’ (under stand)
‘Path Univ Camb 77’ (upper case)

Description Notes

Black finish with brass screws and fittings; kettledrum/claw foot; 2 uprights to pivoting limb; square brass stage with central aperture; substage condenser with iris diaphragm on racked shoe with swinging plano/concave mirror below; moulded column to cranked limb; pair of knurled brass screws either side of limb operate coarse focus; fine focus screw at head of column; push fit eyepiece marked ‘2’; triple nose piece with 3 objectives 1/6” 1/12” and 2/3” all signed by Swift.

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