Accession No

0597

Brief Description

compound microscope, cary / gould type, by Cary, English, 1840 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Cary

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1840

Latest Date

1840

Inscription Date

Material

cloth (velvet); glass (mirror); ivory; metal (brass, other metal); organic (tortoise shell); wood (unknown)

Dimensions

box length 231mm; breadth 187mm; height 84mm; microscope overall height 334mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from T.H. Court from the Crisp Collection.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass; rectangular sectioned racked pillar screws into lid of box; compass joint; swinging concave mirror in base, knurled screw moves square stage with clips; arm at head of pillar with rack and knurled screw; body with tapered snout and field lens; screw fit eyepiece; screw-fit collar with second ‘field’ lens; 4 objectives ‘1-4’, 2 lieberkuhns; 1 lieberkuhn objective; live box slides; black and white ground; tweezers, 1 6-object ivory slides; black and white ground; tweezers 1 6-object opaque slide; knife with ivory handle; lancet with tortoiseshell guard; fitted wooden box with lift out tray lined with blue velvet.

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