Accession No

3144

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by C. Baker, English, circa 1855

Origin

England; London; 244 High Holborn

Maker

C. Baker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1855

Latest Date

1855

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood

Dimensions

box length 402mm; breadth 226mm; height 250mmm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Phillips, London, England; Sale No. 918, lot 175, 1984. Purchased with the assistance of a grant from the Preservation Fund administered by the Science Museum.

Inscription

‘BAKER
244 High Holborn
LONDON’

Description Notes

Brass; bar limb; claw foot; uprights to pivoting limb; swinging plano-concave mirror on sliding shoe on tail piece; mechanical stage operated by 2 knurled screws; racked triangular column with large focussing screws on either side; bar limb with fixing screw and fine focussing screw bearing on a shoe which protrudes at right angles from inner objective holder within main body; 3 screw fit objectives, one with signed brass case; 2 push fit eyepieces ‘A’ & ‘C’; 2 small push-fit objectives in brass cases; stage reflector; rotating substage aperture plate; fitted wooden box with drawer for accessories; wooden base.

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