Accession No

1803

Brief Description

reflecting microscope, by John Cuthbert, English, 2/4 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cuthbert, John

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1825

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, oxidised brass); glass; wood; paper (cardboard); cork; ivory; stone (mica)

Dimensions

height 331mm; depth 256mm; breadth 251mm: accessories in bag length 125 mm; breadth 72 mm; thickness 30 mm

Special Collection

Heywood collection

Provenance

Purchased from the H.Heywood collection under estate duty exemption benefit with the assistance of a Science Museum grant-in-aid.

Inscription

‘John Cuthbert
London’

Description Notes

Brass; tripod stand; pillar to compass joint; collar; push fit body with push fit field lens and eyepiece unit; thread for reflecting head; vertical limb carries swinging plano concave mirror and condenser both on sliding shoes; shoes with clamp and long fine focus screw for a variety of stage fittings. Fitted wooden box with several drawers; 3 eyepieces; 6 objective reflectors; 3 stage plates with lever handles for mechanical sprung stage.; 3 live boxes and stage forceps; stage condenser on articulated arm; compressorium; 6 miniature brass compressoria; 3 lieberkuhns; glass specimen tube, 9 cardboard talc boxes, labelled in mss with a variety of contents, 6 glass jars; ink bottle; 12 specimens mounted in cork on pins; 5 ivory sliders; set of 16 4-object ivory sliders ‘1-16’; 4 oxidised brass 4 object slides; set of 5 miniature brass and mica slides with test objects; brass talc cutter.

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