Accession No

1815

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by M. Pillischer, English, 1855 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Pillischer, M.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1855

Latest Date

1855

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, copper); glass; wood (walnut)

Dimensions

box height 190mm; breadth 168mm; depth 168mm

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

‘M. Pillischer
London
No 581’

Description Notes

Brass; claw-foot; pair of uprights to square sectioned limb; tabular tail piece with swinging concave mirror; rectangular stage with oxidised sliding bar; revolving alternative aperture plate substage; focus by double pinion on rack and fine focus by knurled copper screw at head of limb; horizontal bar with threaded aperture for body. Collar with draw tube containing field lens and screw fit eye piece. (objective missing) objective case marked ‘1 in/M. Pillischer/London’; brass tweezers.
Walnut box with carrying handle.

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