Accession No

0907

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by Charles Chevalier, French, 1845 (c)

Origin

France; Paris; Palais Royal 163

Maker

Chevalier, Charles

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1845

Latest Date

1845

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

box length 455mm; breadth 299mm; height 134mmm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘MICROSCOPE ACHROMATIQUE UNIVERSEL
de Charles Chevalier
Ingenieur Optician Brevete
Palais Royal 163 a Paris’ (on the body tube)
‘Alois Hiesinger Pyrotechniker et Mechaniker in Salzburg’ (on plaque on box)

Description Notes

Compound achromatic microscope. Mahogany box with drawer (missing); brass column screws into the lid of the box; compass joint to square section limb; racked; stage with rotating wheel of diaphragms with shoe and pinion moving the stage; swinging plano/concave mirror on shoe round limb; bar with compass joint to body; racked draw tube; notched eye piece with push fit cover; screw fit nose piece; (no objectives extant); dust cover.

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