Accession No

5993

Brief Description

compound achromatic microscope, by Prior, mid-20th century

Origin

London

Maker

W. R. Prior and Company

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1919

Latest Date

1942

Inscription Date

Material

metal (white metal, brass, steel); plastic; glass

Dimensions

height: 320mm; base length: 180mm; base width: 118mm

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

Description Notes

Horseshoe foot; arched limb; swinging plano-concave mirror on bar from limb; sub stage condenser, with adjustable iris and pivoting diaphragm; square stage, with two stage clips; double pinion coarse focus, fine focus on the limb; eyepiece (x10 magnification); triple nose-piece, two objectives present (x10 and x42 magnification).

Condition: good; complete.

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