Accession No

1096

Brief Description

achromatic compound microscope, by R. Winkel, German, 1888 -1900

Origin

Germany; Gottingen

Maker

Winkel, R.

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1888

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); glass; wood

Dimensions

box height 386mm; depth 211mm; breadth 184mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from the estate of T.H. Court, 1951.

Inscription

‘A. FRAZER
OPTICIAN
22, TEVIOT PLACE
EDINBURGH’ (in box)
‘R. Winkel
Gottingen’

Description Notes

Brass; horseshoe foot with black finish; racked triangular column; square stage with pair of knurled coarse focus screws either side of shoe; clamp; stage clips; ground glass central circular disc; socket below for substage fittings; swinging plano/concave mirror on swinging arm below stage; bar limb clamped to the top of the column with dovetailed shoe; collar with arm round body; field lens and screw fit wheel of six objectives; screw fit eye piece; second steel shoe for two wheels of objectives for simple microscope; 2 dark grounds wooden box with trade plaque.

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