Accession No

5992

Brief Description

binocular compound achromatic microscope, by W. R. Prior and Company, English, c. 1919-1942

Origin

England; London

Maker

W. R. Prior and Company

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1919

Latest Date

1942

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, cast iron, at least one other); glass; china?

Dimensions

height: 336mm; base width: 116mm; base length: 180mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred by Estate Management and Building Services, University of Cambridge, on or before 08/04/2004. Previously the property of the now-defunct School of Agriculture at the University, these microscopes (5992, 5993, 5994) were discovered along with 11 others in a cupboard in the Cockroft lecture theatre.

Inscription

Prior
London (on right-hand eyepiece)

Description Notes

Black painted cast iron Prior microscope; slightly raised horseshoe foot; arched limb; swinging plane mirror on bar from limb; square stage with two steel stage clips; double pinion coarse focus; adjustable binocular head, with two eyepieces (both x10 magnification).

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