Accession No

1800

Brief Description

compound microscope, side pillar type; made by W & S Jones; circa 1800

Origin

30 Holborn; London; England

Maker

W & S Jones

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass; wood (boxwood, other); ivory

Dimensions

box length 345mm; height 110mm; breadth 242mm

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

‘W & S JONES, 30 Holborn, LONDON’

Description Notes

Brass; folding tripod foot; brass pillar; compass joint to square sectioned limb with rack; knurled screw to stage; lateral movement by knurled screw acting on rack at back of square stage; with circular aperture; fittings for stage forceps etc.; substage condenser and swinging plano/concave mirror both on sliding shoes with clamp; socket at head of pillar with knurled screw operating on arm which carries the mount for the body; rotating six-power objective screws to mount; body with push fit draw-tube with screw fit compound eyepiece and field lens. Fitted wooden box.
3 large boxwood slides; one 4-object ivory slide; one 4-object brass live slide box; bonnani stage; stage condenser; stage forceps; mount for black and white ground; cone; black and white ground; speculum holder; frog plate; 2 objectives with dust covers; 2 lieberkuhn objectives; 1 live box; ivory talc and ring box; watch glass; tweezers; compass microscope. Drawer in box full of assorted slides.

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